HB 1377 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2521
04/08
HOUSE BILL 1377
AN ACT relative to unemployment benefits for employees terminated for refusing to
comply with a vaccine mandate.
SPONSORS: Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. Littlefield, Belk. 3; Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 4; Rep. Ammon,
Hills. 40
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes rights for employees for noncompliance with an employer-required
vaccination mandate.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 1377 - AS INTRODUCED
22-2521
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to unemployment benefits for employees terminated for refusing to
comply with a vaccine mandate.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Subdivision; Vaccination Mandates. Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 77 the
2 following new subdivision:
3 Vaccination Mandates
4 275:78 Vaccination Mandates. An employee who is terminated, placed on leave, or given zero
5 hours of billable time, for noncompliance with an employer-mandated vaccination requirement shall
6 have the right to:
7 I. An additional 6 months of standard unemployment benefits under RSA 282-A:25 beyond
8 the maximum duration or benefit amount, payable by the employer or the department of
9 unemployment security.
10 II. An expedited court hearing which shall occur not more than 14 days after the filing of a
11 claim under this subdivision.
12 III. Recover court costs and legal fees incurred in enforcing this subdivision.
13 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.