Bill Text: NH HB442 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to prohibiting payment of subminimum wages.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-29 - Public Hearing: 02/04/2025 01:00 pm Legislative Office Building 210-211 [HB442 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2025-HB442-Introduced.html
HB 442 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0857
11/08
HOUSE BILL 442
AN ACT relative to prohibiting payment of subminimum wages.
SPONSORS: Rep. Schultz, Merr. 29; Rep. Levesque, Straf. 4; Rep. Newell, Ches. 4; Rep. Seibert, Hills. 21; Rep. Sykes, Graf. 14; Rep. Vail, Hills. 6; Rep. Malone, Straf. 9; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Long, Dist 20; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits payment of a base wage different than standard minimum wage for tipped workers earning more than $30 per month.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0857
11/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to prohibiting payment of subminimum wages.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Minimum Wage Law; Hourly Rate. The introductory paragraph of RSA 279:21 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
279:21 Minimum Hourly Rate. Unless otherwise provided by statute, no person, firm, or corporation shall employ any employee paid by the employer at an hourly rate lower than that set forth in the federal minimum wage law, as amended, subject to the following exceptions:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
