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This bill proposes to increase the state minimum hourly wage in New Hampshire, establishing a graduated approach to reaching $15 per hour. Specifically, the bill mandates that from September 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, the minimum wage will be $12 per hour, and from July 1, 2026 onwards, it will be $15 per hour. For tipped employees in restaurants, cigar bars, hotels, motels, inns, cabins, or ballrooms who regularly receive more than $30 in monthly tips, employers must pay a base rate of at least 45% of the applicable minimum wage. If an employee's actual wages do not equal $15 per hour at the end of a pay period, the employer must pay the difference to guarantee that rate. The bill includes a contingency provision that will only take full effect when either the federal minimum wage or New Hampshire's state minimum wage reaches $15 per hour, whichever occurs first. The fiscal note indicates that while the bill will not generate new revenue, it is expected to create state expenditures of approximately $373,000 in fiscal year 2026 to adjust state employee wages, with indeterminate increases in subsequent years.

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