New Hampshire SB 427: relative to the joint committee on employee classification.

Bill Text

SB 427-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

2026 SESSION

 26-2009

 08/09

SENATE BILL 427-FN

AN ACT relative to the joint committee on employee classification.

SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. McGough, Dist 11; Rep. Schmidt, Straf. 14

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

 This bill revises salaries for certain unclassified state employees. This bill is a request of the joint committee on employee classification.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2009

 08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT relative to the joint committee on employee classification.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 State Officers; Positions Eliminated. Amend RSA 94:1-a, I(b) by deleting the following:

FF Department of health and human services director of legal services division for children, 

 youth and families 

GG Department of corrections warden, New Hampshire correctional facility for women

HH Department of corrections warden, Northern New Hampshire corrections facility

HH Department of safety state fire marshal

HH Department of safety director, division of fire standards and training 

 and emergency medical services

II Department of corrections warden, New Hampshire state prison - men

 2 Compensation of Certain State Officers. Amend RSA 94:1-a, I(b) by inserting the following:

EE Department of health and human services deputy director, bureau of facilities

 maintenance and office services

GG Department of health and human services director of legal services division for children,

 youth and families

GG Insurance department assistant commissioner

HH Department of corrections warden, New Hampshire correctional facility for women

II Department of corrections warden, Northern New Hampshire corrections 

 facility

II Department of safety state fire marshal

II Department of safety director, division of fire standards and training and emergency medical service

JJ Department of corrections deputy warden, New Hampshire state prison - men

KK Department of corrections warden, New Hampshire state prison - men

 3 Salary Adjustment for Recruitment or Retention. Amend RSA 94:3-b, II(b)-(d) to read as follows:

 (b) Associate medical examiner, department of justice, $160,000-[$240,000] $300,000 

 (c) Deputy chief medical examiner, department of justice, $200,000-[$260,000] $320,000 

 (d) Chief medical examiner, department of justice, $210,000-[$300,000] $350,000

 4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.

 LBA

 26-2009

 11/16/25

SB 427-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT relative to the joint committee on employee classification.

FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not provide funding, nor does it authorize new positions.

 Estimated State Impact

FY 2026

FY 2027

FY 2028

FY 2029

 Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

 Revenue Fund(s)

None

 Expenditures*

$0

Indeterminable

 Funding Source(s)

General Fund and Various Agency Funds

 Appropriations*

$0

$0

$0

$0

 Funding Source(s)

None

 *Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill

METHODOLOGY:

This bill revises salaries for certain unclassified state employees. This bill is a request of the joint committee on employee classification (JCEC). The bill will amend RSA 94:1-a to update it with the position classifications approved by the JCEC. To the extent the position classifications approved by the JCEC results in higher salaries, there will be an increase in state expenditures in the current and future operating budgets. Any increased expenditures in the current biennium will be funded by funds available due to positions eliminated, vacancies within the agency or with funds from the salary adjustment fund. Any increased expenditures in future biennia will be included in the agency operating budget requests.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

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