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HB1043 Relative to employer discretion in offering minimum payment options to employees.

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

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

3

Overall Impact Score

Harmful

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

3
💰

Your Wallet

Employees called to work could receive less than 2 hours of pay if their employer adopts a lower policy, directly reducing earnings for affected workers.

5
🏘️

Your Community

No direct stated impact on local communities, schools, or services.

3
⚖️

Your Freedom

Employee protections are weakened by allowing employers to unilaterally set minimum pay policies without negotiation, reducing worker leverage.

Status

No Pending Motion; 05/07/2026 Senate Journal 11

Voted Yes

188 R + 1 D

Voted No

2 R + 153 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Brian Labrie (R)

The Short Version

This bill allows employers to establish their own written pay policies that override New Hampshire's minimum 2-hour pay requirement for employees called in to work. Employees called to work would only be guaranteed 2 hours of pay if their employer has no alternative policy in place.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Employers who establish lower minimum pay policies for call-in work
  • ▲ Businesses seeking flexibility in labor scheduling costs

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Employees called to work who may receive less than 2 hours of pay under employer policies
  • ▼ Part-time and on-call workers who disproportionately experience call-in scenarios

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 188 for , 2 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 1 for , 153 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-03-12
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

188R + 1D
Voted to Pass (189)
2R + 153D
Voted Against (155)
22
Absent
26
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (189)

Republicans (188)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (155)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (153)
Absent (22)

Dale Swanson (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Spillane (R) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Joseph Barton (R) , Joseph Hamblen (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Haskins (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Robert Harb (R) , Stephen Pearson (R) , Thomas Buco (D)

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Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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