Bill Text: IA HF39 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 39 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to a study of the economic, fiscal, and social impact of the living wage in Iowa.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-20 - Subcommittee, Forristall, Running-Marquardt, and Sheets. H.J. 125. [HF39 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF39-Introduced.html

House File 39 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  HUNTER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to a study of the economic, fiscal, and social
  2    impact of the living wage in Iowa.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  LIVING WAGE IMPACT STUDY.
  1  2    1.  If funding is approved or appropriated to the state
  1  3 board of regents for such purposes, Iowa state university
  1  4 shall conduct a study regarding the economic, fiscal, and
  1  5 social impacts of establishing a living wage, also known as a
  1  6 self=sufficiency wage, in Iowa.  The living wage in the study
  1  7 shall be based on a 40=hour work week, and the study shall
  1  8 include all of the following:
  1  9    a.  A proposal for a two=tiered living wage, one tier with
  1 10 benefits and one without benefits, for family sizes ranging
  1 11 from two people to six people for all 99 counties.
  1 12    b.  An evaluation of the impact that a living wage would have
  1 13 on full=time workers, the multiplier effect of a living wage
  1 14 on the economy, and whether more jobs would be created by this
  1 15 multiplier effect.
  1 16    c.  How a living wage would impact public assistance
  1 17 programs, particularly whether it would reduce costs.
  1 18    d.  How a living wage would impact state and local economic
  1 19 development programs.
  1 20    e.  How a living wage would assist or hinder the housing
  1 21 market.
  1 22    f.  Taking into account paragraphs "b", "c", "d", and "e",
  1 23 an examination of whether there would be an overall positive
  1 24 impact on the economy considering possible business concerns of
  1 25 inflation and job loss.
  1 26    g.  An evaluation of other states or metropolitan areas that
  1 27 have a living wage to provide examples of how a living wage
  1 28 could be implemented on a phased=in basis for all workers in
  1 29 this state, including the private and public sectors.
  1 30    h.  Any other recommendations that the persons conducting
  1 31 the study believe are relevant to establishing a living wage
  1 32 in this state.
  1 33    2.  An Iowa state university sociology professor, an
  1 34 Iowa state university human development and family studies
  1 35 professor, and an Iowa state university economics professor,
  2  1 all who specialize in this area, shall conduct and coordinate
  2  2 the study.
  2  3    3.  The department of workforce development, the economic
  2  4 development authority, the department of human services, the
  2  5 university of Iowa, the university of northern Iowa, the
  2  6 child and family policy center, the Iowa policy project,
  2  7 and representatives of labor organizations and associations
  2  8 representing business and industry shall cooperate in
  2  9 conducting the study.
  2 10    4.  Iowa state university shall submit a report regarding the
  2 11 findings of the study to the general assembly by December 18,
  2 12 2015.
  2 13                           EXPLANATION
  2 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 15 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 16    This bill directs Iowa state university, contingent upon
  2 17 funding, to conduct a study regarding the economic, fiscal, and
  2 18 social effects that a living wage, or self=sufficiency wage,
  2 19 would have in Iowa.  The bill details the criteria that the
  2 20 study must include.  Three Iowa state university professors
  2 21 with specialized knowledge in this area shall conduct and
  2 22 coordinate the study.
  2 23    The bill requires that the department of workforce
  2 24 development, the economic development authority, the department
  2 25 of human resources, the university of Iowa, the university of
  2 26 northern Iowa, the child and family policy center, the Iowa
  2 27 policy project, and representatives of labor organizations and
  2 28 business and industry associations also participate in the
  2 29 study.
  2 30    A report on the study's findings is due to the legislature by
  2 31 December 18, 2015.
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