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HB1225 • 2026

relative to the definition of adjusted gross income with respect to child support guidelines.

relative to the definition of adjusted gross income with respect to child support guidelines.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Jay Markell (R), Jodi Nelson (R), Kimberly Rice (R), Mary Georges (D), Mark Pearson (R)
Last action
2026-04-03
Official status
SENATE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to the definition of adjusted gross income with respect to child support guidelines.

relative to the definition of adjusted gross income with respect to child support guidelines.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to the definition of adjusted gross income with respect to child support guidelines.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Amendment #2026-0599h : AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 41

Plain English: Amendment #2026-0599h : AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 41 1

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-03 S

    Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 04/09/2026; SJ 8

  2. 2026-03-23 S

    Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 04/09/2026; Vote 3-0; CC; SC 13

  3. 2026-03-12 S

    Hearing: 03/19/2026, Room 100, SH, 10:10 am; SC 10

  4. 2026-03-06 S

    Introduced 03/05/2026 and Referred to Children and Family Law; SJ 6

  5. 2026-03-05 H

    Amendment #2026-0599h : AA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 41

  6. 2026-03-05 H

    Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0599h: MA RC 185-152 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 42

  7. 2026-02-17 H

    Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0599h 02/10/2026 (Vote 9-6; RC) HC 9 P. 31

  8. 2026-02-17 H

    Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  9. 2026-02-04 H

    Executive Session: 02/10/2026 10:00 am GP 230

  10. 2026-01-28 H

    Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 11:00 am GP 230

  11. 2025-12-01 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Children and Family Law HJ 1 P. 11

Official Summary Text

relative to the definition of adjusted gross income with respect to child support guidelines.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1225 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

5Mar2026... 0599h
2026 SESSION
26-2944
09/06

HOUSE BILL
1225

AN ACT
relative to the definition of adjusted gross income with respect to child support guidelines.

SPONSORS: Rep. Markell, Rock. 18; Rep. Georges, Hills. 23; Rep. Nelson, Rock. 13; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Rice, Hills. 38

COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law

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ANALYSIS

This bill adds additional tax obligations that are subtracted when calculating "adjusted gross income" for child support obligations.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
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Matter removed from current law appears [
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
5Mar2026... 0599h 26-2944
09/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to the definition of adjusted gross income with respect to child support guidelines.

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

1 Child Support Guidelines; Definitions; Adjusted Gross Income. Amend RSA 458-C:2, I to read as follows:
I. "Adjusted gross income" means gross income, less:
(a) Court-ordered or administratively ordered support actually paid to others, for adults or children.
(b)
If a self-employed obligor, 50
[
Fifty
] percent of
the
actual self-employment [
tax
]
taxes
paid.
(c) Mandatory, not discretionary, retirement contributions.
(d) Actual state income taxes paid.
(e) Amounts actually paid by the obligor for allowable child care expenses or the medical support obligation for the minor children to whom the child support order applies.
(f) If an employee obligor, 100 percent of the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Social Security program and Medicare taxes withheld from the employees’ pay.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.