New Hampshire House Bill 1245
Session 2026
Relative to voluntary portable benefits plans for independent contractors.
Active
Passed Senate on May 7, 2026
Sponsor
Samuel G Farrington
First Action
Dec 1, 2025
Latest Action
May 7, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1245
State
New Hampshire
Session
2026
Samuel G Farrington
grade
Primary
Brian H Labrie
Cosponsor
checkPassed on March 12, 2026
Motion Text
OTPA
House Roll Call Votes
Aboul B Khan
Yes
Adam Joseph Presa
Other
Other
Yes
Amy L Malone
Other
Anita D Burroughs
Other
Arnold G Davis
Yes
Yes
Bill H Ohm
Yes
Yes
Yes
Brian G Nadeau
Yes
Brian H Labrie
Yes
Brian M Sullivan
No
Brian R. Taylor
Yes
Other
Carol M McGuire
Yes
Yes
Cassandra N Levesque
No
Catherine A Rombeau
No
Catherine M Sofikitis
No
Cathryn A Harvey
No
Charles E McMahon
Yes
Charles R Melvin
Yes
Chris R McAleer
No
Christal R Lloyd
No
Cindy Lynn Bennett
Yes
Dale R Girard
No
Other
Dan H Bergeron
No
Yes
Darrell A Louis
Yes
David C Love
Yes
David C Lundgren
Yes
David E Milz
Yes
David E Walker
Yes
David James Meuse
No
Other
Debra L DeSimone
Other
Denis Vincent Murphy
Yes
Dennis J Malloy
No
Yes
Other
Dillon J Dumont
Yes
Donald Evan Selby
Yes
Donald S McFarlane
Yes
Other
No
Efstathia S Booras
No
Eileen S Kelly
No
Eleana Marie Colby
Other
Ellen B Rockmore
No
Ellen D Read
Other
Eric B Gallager
No
Erica J Layon
Yes
Erica R de Vries
No
Ernesto L Gonzalez
Yes
Fred E Davis
No
Gaby M Grossman
Other
Gary L Woods
No
Gary L. Daniels
Yes
Gary R Gilmore
No
Other
George C Grant
Yes
George E Sykes
No
Glen C Aldrich
Yes
Yes
Gregory M Sargent
Other
Henry R Giasson
Yes
Hope E Damon
No
Jaci L Grote
Other
James A Spillane
Other
James Gruber
No
James H Guzofski
Yes
James L Creighton
Yes
Other
James R MacKay
Other
James R Qualey
Yes
James R Thibault
Yes
Janet G Wall
No
Janet Marie Lucas
No
Jay D Markell
Other
Yes
Jeanine M Notter
Other
Jennifer M Rhodes
Other
Jessica Finn LaMontagne
No
Other
Jim A Kofalt
Other
Jim L Fedolfi
Yes
Yes
John A Leavitt
Yes
Yes
John C Janigian
Other
John H Larochelle
No
John J Sytek
Yes
John Joseph Stone
No
John Michael Potucek
Yes
John R Cloutier
No
Yes
John T MacDonald
Yes
John W. Suiter
Yes
Jonah Orion Wheeler
No
Jonathan H Smith
Other
Jonathan Morton
Yes
Jose E Cambrils
Yes
Joseph Hamblen
Other
Joseph J Barton
Yes
Yes
Julie D Gilman
No
Yes
Julius F Soti
Other
Karen A Hegner
No
Karen E Ebel
No
Katelyn T Kuttab
Yes
Kathleen Paquette
Yes
Yes
Kenneth L Weyler
Yes
Other
Kevin J Scully
Yes
Kimberly A Rice
Yes
Larry G Gagne
Yes
Laurence A Miner
Yes
Len P Turcotte
Yes
Yes
Lily M Foss
No
Linda C Harriott-Gathright
No
Yes
Other
Linda R Gould
Yes
Lino M Avellani
Yes
Lisa M Freeman
Yes
Yes
Liz F Barbour
Yes
Lori E Korzen
Yes
Yes
Louis C Juris
No
No
Margaret M Drye
Yes
Marie Louise Bjelobrk
Yes
Other
Mark A Pearson
Yes
Yes
Mark S MacKenzie
No
Other
Mary A Hakken-Phillips
No
Mary J Ford
Other
Yes
Mary Ngwanda Georges
No
Yes
Matt R Sabourin dit Choinière
Yes
Other
Megan A Murray
No
Michael A Edgar
No
Yes
Michael D Cahill
No
Michael D Harrington
Yes
Yes
Other
Yes
Other
Other
Other
Muriel C Hall
No
Nancy A Murphy
No
Nicholas D. Bridle
Yes
Other
Other
Yes
Other
Patrick N Long
No
Paul D Tudor
Yes
Paul P Dargie
No
Peter B Schmidt
No
Peter L. Mehegan
Yes
Other
Peter R Leishman
No
Other
Peter W Bixby
No
Phyllis M Katsakiores
Yes
Pierre M Dupont
Yes
Ralph G Boehm
Yes
Ray E Newman
No
Raymond C. Peeples
Yes
Raymond S Plante
Yes
Rich M Nalevanko
Yes
Richard P Tripp
Yes
Rick M Ladd
Yes
Ricky J Devoid
Yes
Rita G Mattson
Yes
Robert D Harb
Other
Yes
Ron C Dunn
Yes
Yes
Sallie D Fellows
No
Other
Samuel G Farrington
Yes
Sanjeev K Manohar
No
Sayra Lynn DeVito
Yes
Scott R Bryer
Yes
Yes
Seth B Miller
No
Yes
Yes
Other
Sherri L Reinfurt
Yes
Other
Other
Stephen L Woodcock
No
Steven D Smith
Other
Steven Kesselring
Yes
Sue A Newman
No
Susan C DeLemus
Yes
Susan G DeRoy
Yes
Susan J Vandecasteele
Yes
Susan W Almy
No
Suzanne L Chretien
No
Yes
Terry W Roy
Other
Thomas C Schamberg
No
Thomas C Walsh
Yes
Thomas L Buco
Other
Thomas L Kaczynski
Yes
Thomas L Southworth
No
Tim E Mannion
No
Yes
Yes
Tony M Caplan
No
Tracy Anne Bricchi
No
Travis J Toner
No
Vanessa L Sheehan
Yes
Vicki A Wilson
Yes
Wayne J Hemingway
Yes
Wendy Ellen N Thomas
No
Yes
Other
Other
Yes
Summary
Unavailable
As Amended by the House
Sort by most recent
05/07/2026
Senate
Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/07/2026; SJ 11
04/28/2026
Senate
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/07/2026, Vote 3-2; SC 17
04/02/2026
Senate
Hearing: 04/07/2026, Room 100, SH, 10:10 am; SC 13
03/17/2026
Senate
Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7
03/12/2026
House
Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0237h: MA RC 188-151 03/12/2026 HJ 8
03/12/2026
House
Amendment # 2026-0237h: AA VV 03/12/2026 HJ 8
02/24/2026
House
Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
02/24/2026
House
Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0237h 02/10/2026 (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 10 P. 60
02/05/2026
House
Executive Session: 02/10/2026 10:00 am GP 159
01/14/2026
House
Public Hearing: 01/20/2026 02:30 pm GP 159
12/01/2025
House
Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 1 P. 12
Sources
Open States
Record Created
Dec 9, 2025 9:08:14 PM
Record Updated
May 7, 2026 4:59:15 PM