The legislature is composed of two bodies, the House of Representatives and the State Senate.  During the months of January to June each year, the government works to propose or extend bills.

There are twenty-four state senators elected for a two-year term.  Each is paid $200 and mileage for their six months of work.

The House counts 400 members -- the largest state representative body in our country.  Like the Senate, House members are elected for a two-year term and paid $200 plus mileage for their six months of work.  Of the 400 representatives a quarter of them are NH Free Staters (a group of libertarians who, among other extreme actions, seek to get NH to secede from the United States.). The current House Majority leader, Jason Osborne, is a Free Stater.