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HB1519 • 2026

relative to the term of office and mandatory retirement age for the adjutant general for department of military affairs and veterans services.

relative to the term of office and mandatory retirement age for the adjutant general for department of military affairs and veterans services.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Michael Moffett (R), Jennifer Mandelbaum (D), Christine Seibert (D), Lisa Freeman (R), Terry Roy (R), Timothy Lang (R)
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to the term of office and mandatory retirement age for the adjutant general for department of military affairs and veterans services.

relative to the term of office and mandatory retirement age for the adjutant general for department of military affairs and veterans services.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to the term of office and mandatory retirement age for the adjutant general for department of military affairs and veterans services.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 43

  2. 2026-03-04 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/03/2026 (Vote 16-0; CC) HC 10 P. 20

  3. 2026-02-27 H

    Executive Session: 03/03/2026 01:00 pm GP 159

  4. 2026-01-29 H

    Public Hearing: 02/04/2026 02:00 pm GP 231

  5. 2025-12-10 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1 P. 24

Official Summary Text

relative to the term of office and mandatory retirement age for the adjutant general for department of military affairs and veterans services.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1519 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-3054
06/07

HOUSE BILL
1519

AN ACT
relative to the term of office and mandatory retirement age for the adjutant general for department of military affairs and veterans services.

SPONSORS: Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Freeman, Belk. 8; Rep. Mandelbaum, Rock. 21; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Rep. Seibert, Hills. 21; Sen. Lang, Dist 2

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Changes the retirement age for both the adjutant general and deputy adjutant general from 65 to 64.

II. Changes the adjutant general's tenure from the age cap alone to 6 years or upon reaching the new age cap of 64.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in
bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [
in brackets and struckthrough.
]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-3054
06/07

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to the term of office and mandatory retirement age for the adjutant general for department of military affairs and veterans services.

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

1 The Adjutant General. Amend RSA 110-B:8, I to read as follows:
I. The adjutant general shall be appointed as provided in the constitution and the tenure of office shall be
for 6 years or
until the officer has reached the age of [
65
]
64
years. At the time of appointment, the adjutant general shall have had not less than 5 years of service as a member of the New Hampshire national guard[
, immediately
] preceding [
that
] appointment, shall have attained at least the rank of colonel and shall be eligible for federal recognition by the department of defense as a brigadier general. After one year as a brigadier general, the adjutant general may be appointed to the rank of major general. The adjutant general's salary shall be prescribed by law.

2 Deputy Adjutant General Age Limit. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 110-B:8-b to read as follows:
The deputy adjutant general shall be appointed as provided in the constitution and the tenure of office shall be for 4 years or until the officer has reached the age of [
65
]
64
years. At the time of appointment, the deputy adjutant general shall have had at least 5 years of service as a member of the New Hampshire national guard or United States armed forces[
,
] preceding the appointment and shall have at least attained the rank of major. The deputy adjutant general's salary shall be prescribed by law. The deputy adjutant general shall:

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.