Bill Text: NH HB248 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to notice and update requirements regarding state employee investigations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-07 - Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services House Journal 2 [HB248 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2025-HB248-Introduced.html
HB 248 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0209
06/05
HOUSE BILL 248
AN ACT relative to notice and update requirements regarding state employee investigations.
SPONSORS: Rep. Flanagan, Hills. 45
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill outlines procedures for handling the suspension of state employees by providing written notice and periodic updates.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0209
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to notice and update requirements regarding state employee investigations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Department of Administrative Services; Personnel; Suspension Notice and Investigation Updates. Amend RSA 21-I by inserting after section 42 the following new section:
21-I:42-a Suspension Notice and Investigation Updates. If any state employee is suspended with pay from duty, they shall receive written notice detailing the reasons for the suspension within 7 days of the suspension date. The suspended employee shall be provided with periodic updates regarding the status of the investigation every 90 days until a final decision is made.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 90 days after its passage.
