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SB 59 · 2025 · Senate · Education Committee

Recruitment incentives for dispatchers

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establishing a recruitment incentive program within the community college system for public safety communicators and dispatchers and making an appropriation therefor.

Expands a community college recruitment and retention program for law enforcement, firefighters, and EMTs to include public safety communicators and dispatchers, and establishes a police standards and training recruitment and retention fund.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the Senate — Inexpedient to Legislate · November 3, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill expands the law enforcement, firefighter, and EMT recruitment and retention program in the community college system to include public safety communicators and dispatchers. The bill also establishes the police standards and training recruitment and retention fund, administered by the police standards and training council, and transfers a sum to the newly established fund for New Hampshire police academy cost reimbursement.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as amended by the Senate. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“There is hereby established in the community college system of New Hampshire the New Hampshire law enforcement officers, professional firefighters, public safety telecommunicators and dispatchers, and emergency medical technicians career development, recruitment, and retention program.”
RSA 188-F:70
“There is hereby established the law enforcement officers, professional firefighters, public safety telecommunicators and dispatchers, and emergency medical technicians career development, recruitment, and retention program committee.”
RSA 188-F:71
“There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the law enforcement officers, professional firefighters, public safety telecommunicators and dispatchers, and emergency medical technicians career development, recruitment, and retention fund.”
RSA 188-F:72
“There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the New Hampshire police standards and training recruitment and retention fund.”
RSA 188-F:73

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

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Sponsors

Sen. David WattersDPrime
  • Sen. David RochefortRChair· Health and Human Services
  • Sen. Timothy LangRMajority Whip
  • Sen. Kevin AvardRDeputy Majority Whip
  • Sen. Daryl AbbasRPresident Pro Tempore
  • Sen. Suzanne PrentissDAssistant Democratic Leader
  • Sen. Bill GannonRChair· Judiciary
  • Sen. Daniel InnisRVice Chair· Education Finance
  • Sen. Sharon CarsonRPresident of the Senate
  • Sen. Mark McConkeyRChair· Capital Budget
  • Sen. Cindy RosenwaldDDeputy Democratic Leader
  • Sen. Rebecca Perkins KwokaDMinority Leader
  • Rep. Terry RoyRChair· Criminal Justice and Public Safety
  • Rep. Jennifer RhodesRVice Chair· Criminal Justice and Public Safety
  • Rep. Alissandra MurrayDClerk· Criminal Justice and Public Safety
  • Rep. David MeuseDDeputy Ranking Member· Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Also: Sen. Pat LongD, Sen. Debra AltschillerD, Sen. Tim McGoughR, Sen. Donovan FentonD

Public testimony

No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 21, 2025Public hearingSenate Education44:53–1:04:0919m 16slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
  • Feb 13, 2025Floor debateSenate floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamCommittee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0301s; Ought to Pass with Amendment #2025-0301s — adopted, voice vote; Committee Amendment # 2025-0301s — adopted, voice vote
  • Mar 6, 2025Floor debateSenate floor3:16:50–3:20:413m 51slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Ought to Pass; Ought to Pass — adopted, voice vote; Sen. Gray Moved Laid on Table — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025SenIntroduced 01/09/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 3
  2. Jan 21, 2025SenHearing: 01/21/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:15 am; SC 6
  3. Feb 13, 2025Sen: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0301s, 02/13/2025; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9
  4. Feb 13, 2025SenCommittee Amendment # 2025-0301s, AA, VV; 02/13/2025; SJ 5
  5. Feb 13, 2025SenOught to Pass with Amendment #2025-0301s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/13/2025; SJ 5
  6. Mar 6, 2025SenCommittee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/06/2025, Vote 5-0; SC 11
  7. Mar 6, 2025SenOught to Pass: MA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
  8. Mar 6, 2025SenSen. Gray Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
  9. Mar 6, 2025SenPending Motion OT3rdg; 03/06/2025; SJ 6
  10. Oct 31, 2025SenInexpedient to Legislate, Senate Rule 3-23, 10/31/2025; SJ 1

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.