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New Hampshire Retirement System - Legislation Updates

2013 Legislation

Legislative Tracking Summary

Legislative Tracker: 5/10/13

How to Track Legislation

Click here for a link to the NH General Court Advanced Bill Status Search page

Links to 2013 NHRS-related Bills

Bill #
Description

This bill reinserts a provision which eliminates the application of the gainful occupation reductions to retirement allowances of Group II Accidental Disability beneficiaries who have years of service plus years of Accidental Disability retirement that total at least 20 years and who have attained the age of 45. The bill also addresses NHRS eligibility for the director and assistant director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in the Department of Safety.
-- NHRS "Bill Brief" on HB 124 for House public hearing

-- NHRS "Bill Brief" on HB 124 for Senate public hearing

This bill requires that the actuarial and professional cost of fiscal analysis of proposed NHRS-related legislation required under RSA 14:44 not be paid for with NHRS assets or charged as an expense of administration.

-- NHRS "Bill Brief" on HB 341

This amended bill requires NHRS-participating employers to report to the retirement system information regarding NHRS retirees employed on a part-time basis, including hours worked and all compensation paid. The bill also requires the retirement system to provide annual written notice to NHRS retirees of the statutory limitations on part-time employment with NHRS-participating employers.

-- NHRS "Bill Brief" on original text of HB 342 for House public hearing

-- NHRS "Bill Brief" on HB 342, as amended, for Senate public hearing

This amended bill requires NHRS-participating employers to provide written notice to existing and prospective part-time employees, who are NHRS retirees, of the statutory limitations on hours for part-time employment. The bill also requires the retirement system to provide similar notice to all retirees annually.

-- NHRS "Bill Brief" on HB 364

This bill establishes a House-Senate committee to study the use of a cash balance retirement plan for new state employees. A cash balance plan is a type of defined benefit plan that includes some elements of a defined contribution plan, such as individual member accounts.
This bill defines permanent police for purposes of NHRS to include the University System (USNH) police force, and allows current USNH police force members to purchase certain prior USNH service as Group II service.

This bill provides that NHRS contribution rates shall be determined by assigning any future increases or decreases to the NHRS Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability equally between member and employer contribution rates.

-- NHRS "Bill Brief" on HB 620

This bill provides that upon retirement, a member’s accrued unused sick and vacation time shall be converted to hours and applied to the pension benefit calculation as additional creditable service.

-- NHRS "Bill Brief" on HB 627

This bill allows the director and the assistant director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in the Department of Safety the option to rejoin the retirement system as a member and to continue Group II retirement status based on their prior service and group II membership.

* - Bill is dead.

+ - Bill has been tabled or retained

Note: SB 132, which previously appeared on this list,
was amended 3/6/13 and no longer pertains to NHRS.

Other

NHRS Employer Notification of Legislation with a Potential Cost Impact (Feb. 4, 2013)

NHRS Employer Notification of Legislation with a Potential Cost Impact (Jan. 18, 2013)

2012 Legislation

2012 NHRS Legislative Roundup (June 22, 2012)

Proposal to Create a Defined Contribution (DC) Plan

GRS Supplemental Valuation on amendment 2214h to SB 229 (May 29, 2012)

NHRS Letter to Sen. Bradley Regarding SB 229 (am2214h) (May 17, 2012)

NHRS Statement on HB 1460 (am 1623s) (May 14, 2012)

NHRS Board of Trustees Positions on House Bill 1460 and Senate Bill 229 (April 12, 2012)

  - Board Motions on HB1460 and SB 229 (April 12, 2012)

  - HB 1460 Questions and Issues (April 12, 2012)

NHRS Written Testimony on HB 1460 (March 19, 2012)

NHRS "Bill Brief" on HB 1460 (March 16, 2012)

NHRS Response to Questions from Sen. Bradley Regarding 3/5/12 Supplemental Valuation (March 13, 2012)

GRS Supplemental Valuation on amendment 0543s to SB 229 (March 5, 2012)

GRS letter on amendment 0543s to SB 229 (February 13, 2012)

Amendment 0543s to SB 229 (February 2, 2012)

SB 229: Legislation establishing a DC plan (December 2011)

NHRS "Bill Brief" on SB 229 (February 2, 2012)

GRS Defined Contribution Plan Analysis (January 10, 2012)

Groom Law Group Memo on SB 229 and SB 249 (January 10, 2012)

GRS analysis of LSR 12-2876.1 (December 2011)

NHRS Fiscal Note Worksheet for LSR 12-2876.1 (December 2011)

2012 Tracking Updates

Legislative Tracker: Final

Links to 2012 NHRS-related Bills

HB 654

NHRS "Bill Brief" on HB 654

NHRS written testimony on HB 654

SB 228

HB 1306

NHRS "Bill Brief" on HB 1306

Groom Law Group memo on HB 1306

SB 229

NHRS "Bill Brief" on SB 229

Groom Law Group memo on SB 229

HB 1460

NHRS "Bill Brief" on HB 1460

NHRS written testimony on HB 1460

+SB 230

+HB 1483

Groom Law Group memo on HB 1483

+SB 244
NHRS "Bill Brief" on SB 244
HB 1521 SB 246
HB 1639

SB 249

NHRS "Bill Brief" on SB 249

Groom Law Group memo on SB 249

+ Denotes bill that have been enacted into law.

2012 Legislative Notifications to Employers

(Per RSA 100-A:14, XII)

Notice of Legislation with Potential Cost Impact: 'Spiking' Assessment Repealed (June 22, 2012)

Notice of Legislation with Potential Employer Cost Impact (January 10, 2012)

2011 Legislation

NHRS Employer Frequently Asked Questions About 2011 Legislation

HB2 as adopted by the NH House and Senate on June 22, 2011

Sections 160-191, 342, and 370 relate to the New Hampshire Retirement System.

2011 Tracking Updates

Legislative Tracker: Final

Links to 2011 NHRS-related Bills

+HB 2 HB 463
HB 227 + HB 464
HB 231 HB 465
HB 265 + HB 491
HB 360 HB 492
HB 437 HB 537
HB 443 HB 569
HB 456 + HB 580
HB 460 SB 3
+HB 461

+SB 33

+HB 462 +SB 75

+ Denotes bill that have been enacted into law.

 

Previous Legislative Sessions

Summary of Legislative Changes to NHRS, 2007-12

2010 Legislative Summary

2009 Legislative Summary

2008 Legislative Summary

 





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