SB 410-FN - AS INTRODUCED
 
 
2020 SESSION
20-3065
04/06
 
SENATE BILL 410-FN
 
AN ACT relative to the state minimum hourly rate.
 
SPONSORS: Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Levesque, Dist 12; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10
 
COMMITTEE: Commerce
 
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ANALYSIS
 
This bill sets the minimum hourly rate paid to employees.  The bill also amends the minimum hourly rate for tipped employees.
 
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-3065
04/06
 
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
 
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
 
AN ACT relative to the state minimum hourly rate.
 
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
 
1  Minimum Hourly Rate.  Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 279:21 to read as follows:
279:21  Minimum Hourly Rate.  Unless otherwise provided by statute, no person, firm, or corporation shall employ any employee at an hourly rate lower than that set forth in the federal minimum wage law, as amended or the following, whichever is higher:
From January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022, $10 per hour.
From January 1, 2023 and thereafter, $12 per hour.
Tipped employees of a restaurant, hotel, motel, inn or cabin, or ballroom who customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips directly from the customers will receive a base rate from the employer of not less than [45 percent of the applicable minimum wage] $4 per hour.  If an employee shows to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the actual amount of wages received at the end of each pay period did not equal [the minimum wage] $12 per hour for all hours worked, the employer shall pay the employee the difference to guarantee the [applicable minimum wage] $12 hourly rate.  
Tipped employees who are licensed as secondary game operators pursuant to RSA 287-D and who customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips directly from the customers, will receive a base rate from the employer of not less than $7.25 per hour.  If such an employee shows to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the actual amount of wages received at the end of each pay period did not equal $12 per hour for all hours worked, the employer shall pay the employee the difference to guarantee the $12 hourly rate.
The limitations imposed hereby shall be subject to the following exceptions:
2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.
 
20-3065
1/8/20
 
SB 410-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
 
AN ACT relative to the state minimum hourly rate.
 
FISCAL IMPACT:          [ X ] State                          [      ] County                            [ X ] Local                          [      ] None
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  | Estimated Increase / (Decrease) | |||
STATE: | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 |
   Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
   Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
   Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | Indeterminable Increase |
Funding Source: |   [ X ] General                      [      ] Education                      [ X ] Highway                    [ X ] Other - Various Government Funds | |||
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LOCAL: |   |   |   |   |
   Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
   Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
 
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