---
type: "Bill"
title: "permitting employers to pay wages to employees weekly or biweekly."
description: "permitting employers to pay wages to employees weekly or biweekly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 194"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 194 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-12-28"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67a1d938-4b43-469e-ab51-803c1e2346ef"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=0558&sy=2017&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2017"
source_hash: "86ad5b62e5e81498f942558e3f5ed2054fd39d91ab8799af6e7fdcaa6e2f0aea"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 194 (2017) — permitting employers to pay wages to employees weekly or biweekly.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2017-1474s** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2017&id=2017-1474s&txtFormat=amend)

## Votes

- Sen. Soucy Floor Amendment 1474s — **10–13** (fail) · legislature
- Ought to Pass — **13–10** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-28** Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services HJ 2 P. 20 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Public Hearing: 01/18/2017 11:00 AM LOB 307
- **2017-01-25** Subcommittee Work Session: 01/26/2017 01:30 PM LOB 307
- **2017-01-31** Executive Session: 02/07/2017 11:00 AM LOB 307
- **2017-03-01** Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/08/2017 (Vote 11-9; RC) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- **2017-03-09** Lay on Table (Rep. D. Ley): MF DV 176-181 03/09/2017 HJ 10 P. 38
- **2017-03-09** Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/09/2017 HJ 10 P. 38 `passage`
- **2017-03-14** Introduced 03/09/2017 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 9 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Hearing: 04/11/2017, Room 100, SH, 01:00 pm; SC 18
- **2017-04-13** Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/20/2017; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Sen. Soucy Floor Amendment # 2017-1474s, RC 10Y-13N, AF; 04/20/2017; SJ 14
- **2017-04-20** Special Order Floor Amendment #2017-1474s to after consideration of HB 329, Without Objection, MA; 04/20/2017; SJ 14
- **2017-04-20** Sen. Soucy Offered Floor Amendment # 2017-1474s; 04/20/2017; SJ 14
- **2017-04-20** Ought to Pass: RC 13Y-10N, MA; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14 `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled (In recess 04/27/2017); SJ 16
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 26
- **2017-05-15** Signed by Governor Sununu 05/12/2017; Chapter 45; Eff. 7/11/2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67a1d938-4b43-469e-ab51-803c1e2346ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).