Bill Text: NH HB178 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishing a minimum wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/14/2019 House Journal 9 P. 9 [HB178 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB178-Introduced.html
HB 178 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0127
04/01
HOUSE BILL 178
AN ACT establishing a minimum wage.
SPONSORS: Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a state minimum hourly rate.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0127
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT establishing a minimum wage.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Minimum Wage Law; Minimum Hourly Rate. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 279:21 to read as follows:
Unless otherwise provided by statute, no person, firm, or corporation shall employ any employee at an hourly rate lower than $10 or that set forth in the federal minimum wage law, as amended.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
