relative to the qualifications for hearings officers within the department of labor.
SB 569 requires hearing officers in New Hampshire's Department of Labor to be licensed attorneys with relevant adjudicative experience. This applies specifically to officers handling workers' compensation cases. The bill mandates that hearing officers must be in good standing with the bar, have experience conducting administrative hearings, and complete 15 hours of annual continuing education plus 15 hours of training with the attorney general's office. It also requires the commissioner to establish a code of ethics for these officers.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jul 2026
Introduced Nov 24, 2025
Signed Jul 9, 2026
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No substantive policy changes were made between the version adopted by both bodies and the final chaptered version. The only changes are administrative: the bill was assigned Chapter 266, section numbers were updated to reflect the chapter (e.g., '1' became '266:1'), and the approval date (July 02, 2026) and effective date (August 31, 2026) were added. The actual legal requirements for hearing officers remain identical.
TECHNICAL
Section numbers were updated from '1' and '2' to '266:1' and '266:2' to reflect the assigned chapter number (Chapter 266).
TIMELINE
Approval date (July 02, 2026) and effective date (August 31, 2026) were added at the end of the document.
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Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Jul 9, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor on 07/02/2026; Chapter 266; Effective 08/31/2026
upper
May 21, 2026
Introduced
Sen. Pearl Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/21/2026; SJ 13
upper
May 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1869h: MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 24
lower
May 14, 2026
Introduced
Amendment # 2026-1869h: AA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 24
lower
May 7, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1869h 05/06/2026 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 19 P. 13
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Introduced
Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 5 P. 127
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/29/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 3
upper
Nov 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Regina Birdsell
RRepublican
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