SB 605 · 2026 · Senate · Finance Committee
Pooled risk program assessment deadlines
AI-generatedrelative to special assessment requests from pooled risk management programs.
Allows political subdivisions 36 months from the date of an invoice to comply with special assessment requests from pooled risk management programs.AI-generated
Status
Killed in the Senate — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 12, 2026- ✓Introduced
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Analysis
This bill allows political subdivisions 36 months from the date of an invoice to comply with special assessment requests from pooled risk management programs.
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
“Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to mean that special assessments be required by statute.”
“If a pooled risk management program's agreement, contractual provisions, or bylaws indicate the right to levy special assessments, political subdivisions shall be assessed at such amounts over the course of 36 months from the date of the invoice for a special assessment request from a pooled risk management program, with equal amounts assessed in each period.”
Official record
gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source
Sponsors
- Sen. Cindy RosenwaldDDeputy Democratic Leader
Also: Sen. David WattersD, Sen. Debra AltschillerD
Public testimony
No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record
Votes
yeanay- Mar 12, 2026SenateCommittee report: Inexpedient to Legislate6–1Overall86% yea
- Mar 12, 2026SenateVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted
Hearings and debates
- Feb 3, 2026Public hearingSenate Finance1:47:39–1:55:087m 29slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
- Mar 12, 2026Floor debateSenate floor1:14:55–1:17:142m 19slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Inexpedient to Legislate — adopted, voice vote
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Legislative history
- Jan 7, 2026SenIntroduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Finance; SJ 1
- Feb 3, 2026SenHearing: 02/03/2026, Room 103, SH, 02:15 pm; SC 4
- Mar 12, 2026Sen: Inexpedient to Legislate, 03/12/2026, Vote 6-1; SC 9
- Mar 12, 2026SenInexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 03/12/2026; SJ 6
Coverage
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Background reading
Evergreen reading on the policy area — spanning perspectives — not coverage of this specific bill.
- Municipal Risk Pools 101Explainer
Benchmark Analytics — Overview of what municipal risk pools are and how governments band together to share liability, property, and workers' compensation risk.AI-generated
Association of Governmental Risk Pools (AGRiP) — The national pooling association's manual describing how member-governed public risk pools operate and manage surplus and reserves.AI-generated
- Coverage & BenefitsNH context — pool's view
Primex (NH Public Risk Management Exchange) — A New Hampshire risk pool's description of the coverage and member-ownership model it offers to towns and schools.AI-generated
NH Business Review — Coverage of the state Supreme Court ruling requiring the Local Government Center to return surplus to member towns and schools.AI-generated
- State: Primex Deal Possible Game ChangerNH context
New Hampshire Public Radio — Report on a settlement with the Primex risk pool over excess surplus and its implications for oversight of public pools.AI-generated
Valley News — Recent reporting on financial strains in New Hampshire's municipal risk pools amid renewed legislative scrutiny.AI-generated
Documents (PDF)
Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.