New Hampshire HB 1484: relative to retroactive denials of previously paid claims.

Bill Text

HB 1484 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2690

 06/08

HOUSE BILL 1484

AN ACT establishing a state minimum wage and providing for incremental increases.

SPONSORS: Rep. Staub, Hills. 25; Rep. D. Germana, Ches. 1; Rep. Schultz, Merr. 29; Rep. Seibert, Hills. 21; Sen. Long, Dist 20

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

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ANALYSIS

 This bill establishes a state minimum wage and provides for incremental increases.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2690

 06/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT establishing a state minimum wage and providing for incremental increases.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 Minimum Hourly Rate. RSA 279:21 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: 

 279:21 Minimum Hourly Rate. 

 I. Unless otherwise provided by statute, no person, firm, or corporation shall employ any employee at an hourly rate lower than the greater of: 

 (a) The minimum hourly rate established under the federal minimum wage law, as amended; or

 (b) The minimum hourly rate established in paragraph?II.

 II. The minimum hourly rate under this section shall be: 

 (a) Beginning September?1,?2026,?$12.00?per?hour.

 (b) Beginning January?1,?2027,?$14.00?per?hour.

 (c) Beginning January?1,?2028,?$15.50?per?hour.

 (d) Beginning January?1,?2029,?$17.00?per?hour.

 III. Each successive rate set forth in paragraph? II shall supersede the rate previously in effect, and that rate shall remain in effect until amended by a subsequent act of the general court.

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.