CHAPTER 191
HB 1201 - FINAL VERSION
2024 SESSION
24-2323
12/08
HOUSE BILL 1201
AN ACT relative to payment of wages for deceased employees.
SPONSORS: Rep. Seaworth, Merr. 12; Rep. Infantine, Hills. 16
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill increases the amount of wages owed to an employee who died that can be paid directly to their descendants without triggering the probate process and provides gender neutral language.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2323
12/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to payment of wages for deceased employees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
191:1 Deceased Employee; Wages. Amend RSA 275:47, I to read as follows:
I. In the event of the death of an employee, wages due [him] to the decedent by an employer not in excess of [$300] $3,000 may upon proper demand be paid, in the absence of actual notice of the pendency of probate proceedings, without requiring letters testamentary or of administration, [in the following order of preference to descendants: In accordance with the laws of intestacy for the state of New Hampshire.] with payment made in the order of distribution set forth in RSA 561:1.
191:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 12, 2024
Effective Date: September 10, 2024
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 18, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| March 6, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| March 6, 2024 | House | Floor Vote |
| May 7, 2024 | Senate | Hearing |
| May 23, 2024 | Senate | Floor Vote |
July 22, 2024: Signed by Governor Sununu 07/12/2024; Chapter 191; eff. 09/10/2024
June 27, 2024: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16
June 27, 2024: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18
May 22, 2024: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
May 16, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20
April 30, 2024: Hearing: 05/07/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:00 am; SC 18
March 26, 2024: Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 8
March 21, 2024: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 12
March 13, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/06/2024 (Vote 20-0; CC)
Feb. 23, 2024: Executive Session: 03/06/2024 01:00 pm LOB 305
Feb. 12, 2024: Subcommittee Work Session: 02/14/2024 01:00 pm LOB 307
Jan. 5, 2024: Public Hearing: 01/18/2024 01:00 pm LOB 307
Dec. 1, 2023: Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services