Bill Text: IA HF71 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act to increase the state minimum hourly wage and to provide subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social security benefits.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-11 - Rule 60 (withdraw bill from committee and place on calendar) invoked, withdrawn H.J. 304. [HF71 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF71-Introduced.html

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House File 71 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  HUNTER, KELLEY, STAED,
                                     McCONKEY, GASKILL,
                                     KEARNS, T. TAYLOR,
                                     SMITH, LENSING,
                                     ANDERSON, ABDUL=SAMAD,
                                     WINCKLER, MASCHER,
                                     WESSEL=KROESCHELL,
                                     OLDSON, DAWSON, and
                                     STECKMAN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act to increase the state minimum hourly wage and to provide
  2    subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase
  3    in federal social security benefits.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraphs a and d,
  1  2 Code 2015, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  (1)  The state hourly wage shall be at least $6.20 as
  1  4 of April 1, 2007, and $7.25 as of January 1, 2008, $8.20 as of
  1  5 January 1, 2016, $9.15 as of July 1, 2016, and $10.10 as of
  1  6 January 1, 2017.
  1  7    (2)  The state hourly wage, including the state hourly wage
  1  8 for the first ninety calendar days of employment provided in
  1  9 paragraph "d", shall be increased annually on July 1, beginning
  1 10 July 1, 2018, by the same percentage as the cost=of=living
  1 11 increase in federal social security benefits authorized during
  1 12 the previous state fiscal year by the federal social security
  1 13 administration pursuant to section 215 of the federal Social
  1 14 Security Act, 42 U.S.C. {415.
  1 15    d.  An employer is not required to pay an employee the
  1 16 applicable state hourly wage provided in paragraph "a" until the
  1 17 employee has completed ninety calendar days of employment with
  1 18 the employer. An employee who has completed ninety calendar
  1 19 days of employment with the employer prior to April 1, 2007, or
  1 20 January 1, 2008, shall earn the applicable state hourly minimum
  1 21 wage as of that the date of completion. An employer shall
  1 22 pay an employee who has not completed ninety calendar days of
  1 23 employment with the employer an hourly wage of at least $5.30
  1 24 as of April 1, 2007, and $6.35 as of January 1, 2008, $7.40 as
  1 25 of January 1, 2016, $8.25 as of July 1, 2016, and $9.10 as of
  1 26 January 1, 2017.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 30    This bill increases the state minimum hourly wage to $8.20 as
  1 31 of January 1, 2016, $9.15 as of July 1, 2016, and $10.10 as of
  1 32 January 1, 2017. The bill increases the state minimum hourly
  1 33 wage for employees employed for less than 90 days to $7.40 as
  1 34 of January 1, 2016, $8.25 as of July 1, 2016, and $9.10 as of
  1 35 January 1, 2017.
  2  1 The bill also increases the state minimum hourly wage,
  2  2 including the minimum hourly wage established for employees
  2  3 employed for less than 90 days, annually on July 1, beginning
  2  4 July 1, 2018, by the same percentage as the cost=of=living
  2  5 increase in social security benefits effective as of the
  2  6 previous December, as authorized by the federal social security
  2  7 administration.
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