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HB 1123 · 2026 · House · Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee

Salary range disclosure in job listings

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requiring certain companies to post expected salary ranges on public job listings.

Requires certain companies to post expected salary ranges on public job listings.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · February 5, 2026
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill requires certain companies to post expected salary ranges on public job listings.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

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

“"Employer" means a person or entity that employs 50 or more employees at one or more sites in New Hampshire and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, nonprofit organization, group of persons, state, county, town, city, school district, or other governmental subdivision.”
RSA 275:70-b
“"Posting" means any solicitation intended to recruit job applicants for a specific available position, including recruitment done directly by an employer or indirectly through a third party, and includes any postings made electronically or via printed hard copy that specify qualifications for desired applicants.”
RSA 275:70-b
“"Salary range" means the minimum and maximum annual salary or hourly range of compensation, based on the employer's good faith estimate, for a job opportunity of the employer at the time of the posting of an advertisement for such opportunity.”
RSA 275:70-b
“An employer shall disclose in each posting for each job opening with the employer a starting salary range and a general description of all benefits and other compensation, including any health or retirement benefits, to be offered to a hired job applicant.”
RSA 275:70-b

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Rep. Alice WadeDPrime
  • Rep. Heath HowardDDeputy Ranking Member· Executive Departments and Administration

Also: Rep. Valerie McDonnellR, Rep. Billie ButlerD, Sen. David WattersD

Public testimony

7 signed in online · 2 wrote testimony

100% support0% oppose0% neutral

In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted

“It will save time if people don't bother to apply for jobs for which they won't accept the offered salary, and is fair to existing employees to know what new hires are getting.”
— Roy Schweiker, Concordsupports
“HB1123 mandates that employers disclose salary ranges in job ads, aiming to improve pay transparency and reduce wage inequities; careful consideration of employer compliance and enforcement mechanisms is needed.”
— Georgina Lambert, Belmontsupports

Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.

Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Jan 20, 2026HouseCommittee report· regular calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate10–9
    Overall
    53% yea
  • Feb 5, 2026HouseDivisionInexpedient to LegislateAdopted193–149
    Overall
    56% yea

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 13, 2026Public hearingHouse Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services1:09:41–1:10:491m 8slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
  • Jan 20, 2026Public hearingHouse Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services23:17–31:017m 44slocated in the stream transcriptMajority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate — roll call; Executive Session
  • Feb 5, 2026Floor debateHouse floor4:51:26–4:59:548m 28slocated in the stream transcriptInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, division 193-149

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

Legislative history

  1. Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 1 P. 7
  2. Jan 13, 2026HousePublic Hearing: 01/13/2026 11:00 am GP 159
  3. Jan 20, 2026HouseExecutive Session: 01/20/2026 10:00 am GP 159
  4. Jan 20, 2026HouseMajority : Inexpedient to Legislate 01/20/2026 (Vote 10-9; RC) HC 5 P. 25
  5. Jan 28, 2026HouseMinority : Ought to Pass
  6. Feb 5, 2026HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA DV 193-149 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 51

Coverage

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Documents (PDF)

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