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New Hampshire · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1443: allowing retired state employees to defer earned retirement medical benefits to their surviving spouse.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1443 is a bill introduced in the New Hampshire House on December 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: allowing retired state employees to defer earned retirement medical benefits to their surviving spouse. Primary sponsor: Matt Sabourin dit Choinière (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 12, 2026): Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 4.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Matt Sabourin dit ChoinièrePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouseRockingham 30
Tom MannionCo-sponsorRepublicanHouseHillsborough 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/12/2026 HJ 4 P. 4
  2. Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/21/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 6 P. 5
  3. Executive Session: 01/21/2026 11:10 am GP 231
  4. Public Hearing: 01/14/2026 11:10 am GP 231
  5. Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 20

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source