Bill Text - HB178 (2019)

Establishing a minimum wage.


Revision: Dec. 27, 2018, 10:22 a.m.

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

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------

 

ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes a state minimum hourly rate.

 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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.