The Senate Finance committee will hold a hearing Tuesday on a that aims to boost New Hampshire鈥檚 minimum wage.
New Hampshire currently defaults to the federal rate of $7.25 an hour, after lawmakers repealed the state鈥檚 minimum wage law in 2011.
The bill going before the Senate committee this week would raise that to $8.25 an hour next year, and again to $9 an hour in 2016.
Future increases would then to be tied to the cost of living.
The Democratically-controlled House passed the bill last month and Governor Maggie Hassan has expressed support for boosting the minimum wage.
But if history is any indication, the bill鈥檚 chances of making it through the Republican-led Senate are slim.
Senate lawmakers rejected a measure last year that would have restored the state鈥檚 minimum wage law.
The state鈥檚 Business and Industry Association opposes an increase.
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