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HB128 • 2026

establishing a committee to study unemployment insurance.

establishing a committee to study unemployment insurance.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Michael Granger (R)
Last action
2026-01-07
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide details on what happens after the committee reports its findings, leaving this aspect uncertain.

Setting Up a Committee to Look at Unemployment Insurance

This bill sets up a committee to study New Hampshire's unemployment insurance program and explore ways to introduce competition in this area.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a new committee to examine the current structure of New Hampshire’s unemployment insurance program.
  • The committee will have three members chosen by the Speaker of the House.
  • Members receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to their duties on the committee.
  • The committee must answer specific questions about why the government controls unemployment insurance and if it would be better to allow private companies to offer this kind of insurance.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who are part of New Hampshire's unemployment program
  • Members of the House of Representatives involved in choosing committee members

Terms To Know

monopolize
to be the only one that provides a product or service, with no competition from others.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what will happen after the committee reports its findings.
  • It is unclear if or how the recommendations from this study will influence future laws.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-07 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 75

  2. 2025-11-04 H

    Executive Session: 10/22/2025 10:00 am GP 154

  3. 2025-10-23 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 10/22/2025 (Vote 18-0; CC) HC 51 P. 14

  4. 2025-09-15 H

    Full Committee Work Session: 10/22/2025 10:00 am GP 154

  5. 2025-09-09 H

    ==RESCHEDULED== Full Committee Work Session: 09/22/2025 10:00 am GP 154

  6. 2025-01-31 H

    Retained in Committee

  7. 2025-01-15 H

    Executive Session: 01/28/2025 10:00 am LOB 307

  8. 2025-01-14 H

    Public Hearing: 01/21/2025 02:30 pm LOB 307

  9. 2025-01-06 H

    Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 2 P. 7

Official Summary Text

establishing a committee to study unemployment insurance.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HB 128 - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION
25-0204
05/08

HOUSE BILL
128

AN ACT
establishing a committee to study unemployment insurance.

SPONSORS: Rep. Granger, Straf. 2

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

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ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to study the current structure of the New Hampshire unemployment program and to identify ways to introduce competition in the unemployment insurance industry.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0204
05/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT
establishing a committee to study unemployment insurance.

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

1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study unemployment insurance.

2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The committee shall be comprised of 3 members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

3 Duties. The committee shall study the current structure of the New Hampshire unemployment program and consider ways to introduce competition in the unemployment insurance industry. The committee shall consider the following questions:
I. Why does the government currently monopolize unemployment insurance?
II. What other insurance products are monopolized by the government?
III. Is it economically efficient to have a single provider of unemployment insurance?
IV. Would consumers benefit from having more product options?
V. Would some consumers benefit from having no unemployment insurance at all?
VI. Are there private-sector unemployment insurers? If not, why not?
VII. If there are not private-sector unemployment insurers, would it be desirable to have them?

4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Two members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2025.

6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.