New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1363: relative to employee candidate background checks.
Status: Signed into law, June 24, 2026
What the bill says
An act relative to employee candidate ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill authorizes the commissioner of the department of safety to designate an authorized person to receive criminal conviction information during 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 5Mar2026... 0712h 04/23/2026 1547s 21May2026... 2128EBA 26-3089 09/06 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to employee candi.
From the chaptered text, June 19, 2026:
AN ACT relative to employee candidate ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill authorizes the commissioner of the department of safety to designate an authorized person to receive criminal conviction information during 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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 5Mar2026... 0712h 04/23/2026 1547s 21May2026... 2128EBA 26-3089 09/06 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to employee candidate III. To obtain a state records check only, the department shall submit a state criminal history records release form to the division of state police. To obtain both the federal and the state records check, the department shall submit the criminal history records release form and applicant fingerprint card to the division of state police, which shall conduct a criminal history records check through its records and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon completion of the Approved: June 19, 2026 Effective Date: August 18, 2026
Sponsors
- Terry Roy (R, 31) · primary sponsor
- Ricky Devoid (R, 1)