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HB1043 • 2026

relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.

relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.

Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Brian Labrie (R), Samuel Farrington (R), Mark Warden (R), Bill Boyd (R), Jack Flanagan (R), Keith Murphy (R), James Creighton (R), Michael Granger (R), Denise Ricciardi (R), Mike Drago (R), Jonathan Morton (R)
Last action
2026-05-07
Official status
SENATE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.

relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.

What This Bill Does

  • relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Amendment #2026-0386h : AA DV 341-4 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 14

Plain English: Amendment #2026-0386h : AA DV 341-4 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 14 1

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 S

    Ought to Pass: DIV 9Y-12N, MF; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

  2. 2026-05-07 S

    Sen. Murphy Moved Laid on Table, MA, VV; 05/07/2026; SJ 11

  3. 2026-05-07 S

    No Pending Motion; 05/07/2026 SJ 11

  4. 2026-04-28 S

    Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/07/2026, Vote 3-2; SC 17

  5. 2026-03-31 S

    Hearing: 04/14/2026, Room 100, SH, 10:25 am; SC 13

  6. 2026-03-17 S

    Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 7

  7. 2026-03-12 H

    Amendment #2026-0386h : AA DV 341-4 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 14

  8. 2026-03-12 H

    Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0386h: MA RC 189-155 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 14

  9. 2026-02-09 H

    Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0386h 02/03/2026 (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 10 P. 60

  10. 2026-02-09 H

    Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate

  11. 2026-01-28 H

    Executive Session: 02/03/2026 10:00 am GP 159

  12. 2026-01-21 H

    Public Hearing: 01/27/2026 11:30 am GP 159

  13. 2025-11-07 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 1 P. 3

Official Summary Text

relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1043 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

12Mar2026... 0386h
2026 SESSION
26-2396
06/05

HOUSE BILL
1043

AN ACT
relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.

SPONSORS: Rep. Labrie, Hills. 2; Rep. B. Boyd, Hills. 12; Rep. Creighton, Hills. 30; Rep. Drago, Rock. 4; Rep. Farrington, Straf. 8; Rep. Flanagan, Hills. 45; Rep. Granger, Straf. 2; Rep. Morton, Hills. 39; Rep. Warden, Hills. 39; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

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ANALYSIS

This bill allows employers to establish their own pay policies for employees reporting to work, making the statutory minimum pay requirement applicable only when no alternative company policy exists.

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12Mar2026... 0386h 26-2396
06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.

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

1 Required Pay. Amend RSA 275:43-a to read as follows:
275:43-a Required Pay.
Unless an employer has established a different written policy,
on any day an employee reports to work at an employer's request, he or she shall be paid not less than 2 hours' pay at his or her regular rate of pay; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to employees of counties or municipalities. This section shall also not apply to ski and snowboard instructional employees at ski resorts, provided that these employees receive other compensation that is at least equal to their rate of pay. No employer who makes a good faith effort to notify an employee not to report to work shall be liable to pay wages under this section. However, if the employee reports to work after the employer's attempt to notify him or her has been unsuccessful or if the employer is prevented from making notification for any reason, the employee shall perform whatever duties are assigned by the employer at the time the employee reports to work.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.