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HB1484 • 2026

establishing a state minimum wage and providing for incremental increases.

establishing a state minimum wage and providing for incremental increases.

Labor
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Kathy Staub (D), Kris Schultz (D), Pat Long (D), Dylan Germana (D), Christine Seibert (D)
Last action
2026-03-12
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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establishing a state minimum wage and providing for incremental increases.

establishing a state minimum wage and providing for incremental increases.

What This Bill Does

  • establishing a state minimum wage and providing for incremental increases.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-12 H

    Remove from Table (Rep. N. Germana): MF RC 159-183 03/12/2026 HJ 8 P. 50

  2. 2026-03-05 H

    Lay HB1484 on Table (Rep. Creighton): MA RC 180-153 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 118

  3. 2026-02-24 H

    Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/10/2026 (Vote 11-9; RC) HC 9 P. 42

  4. 2026-02-24 H

    Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0554h

  5. 2026-02-05 H

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

  6. 2026-01-28 H

    Public Hearing: 02/03/2026 02:30 pm GP 159

  7. 2025-12-05 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 1 P. 22

Official Summary Text

establishing a state minimum wage and providing for incremental increases.

Current Bill Text

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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
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Matter removed from current law appears [
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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
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II.
II. The minimum hourly rate under this section shall be:
(a) Beginning September
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1,
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2026,
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$12.00
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per
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hour.
(b) Beginning January
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1,
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2027,
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$14.00
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per
?
hour.
(c) Beginning January
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1,
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2028,
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$15.50
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per
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hour.
(d) Beginning January
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1,
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2029,
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$17.00
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per
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hour.
III. Each successive rate set forth in paragraph
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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.