Bill Text: HI SB672 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Bill 672 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating To Minimum Wage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [SB672 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-SB672-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	672
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to minimum wage.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 387-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Except as provided in section 387‑9 and this section, every employer shall pay to each employee employed by the employer, wages at the rate of not less than:

(1) $6.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2003;

(2) $6.75 per hour beginning January 1, 2006;

(3) $7.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2007;

(4) $7.75 per hour beginning January 1, 2015;

(5) $8.50 per hour beginning January 1, 2016;

(6) $9.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2017; [~~and~~]

(7) $10.10 per hour beginning January 1, 2018[.]; and

(8) $15.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2022;

provided that beginning January 1, 2022, the State shall contribute $2.00 per hour per employee to employers with twenty-five or fewer employees."

SECTION 2. The department of labor and industrial relations shall develop a procedure to effectuate the State's $2.00 contribution pursuant to section 1 of this Act.

SECTION 3. The department of labor and industrial relations shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2020.

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Labor; Minimum Wage; State Contribution

Description:

Increases the minimum wage rate to $15.00 per hour and requires the State to contribute $2.00 per hour per employee to employers with 25 or fewer employees beginning 1/1/2022.

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