Bill Text: IA SF2040 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act to increase the state minimum hourly wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Subcommittee, Courtney, Chelgren, and Dearden. S.J. 165. [SF2040 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2040-Introduced.html
Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2040
BY
COURTNEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
to
increase
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
91D.1,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a,
b,
and
1
d,
Code
2011,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
state
hourly
wage
shall
be
at
least
$6.20
as
of
April
3
1,
2007,
and
$7.25
as
of
January
1,
2008
,
$8.75
as
of
July
1,
4
2012,
and
$10.00
as
of
January
1,
2013
.
5
b.
Every
employer,
as
defined
in
the
federal
Fair
Labor
6
Standards
Act
of
1938,
as
amended
to
January
1,
2007
2012
,
7
shall
pay
to
each
of
the
employer’s
employees,
as
defined
in
8
the
federal
Fair
Labor
Standards
Act
of
1938,
as
amended
to
9
January
1,
2007
2012
,
the
state
hourly
wage
stated
in
paragraph
10
“a”
,
or
the
current
federal
minimum
wage,
pursuant
to
29
U.S.C.
11
§
206,
as
amended,
whichever
is
greater.
12
d.
An
employer
is
not
required
to
pay
an
employee
the
13
applicable
state
hourly
wage
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
until
14
the
employee
has
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
15
with
the
employer.
An
employee
who
has
completed
ninety
16
calendar
days
of
employment
with
the
employer
prior
to
April
17
1,
2007
July
1,
2012
,
or
January
1,
2008
2013
,
shall
earn
the
18
applicable
state
hourly
minimum
wage
as
of
that
date.
An
19
employer
shall
pay
an
employee
who
has
not
completed
ninety
20
calendar
days
of
employment
with
the
employer
an
hourly
wage
of
21
at
least
$5.30
$7.85
as
of
April
1,
2007
July
1,
2012
,
and
$6.35
22
$9.10
as
of
January
1,
2008
2013
.
23
Sec.
2.
Section
91D.1,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2011,
24
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
25
a.
The
exemptions
from
the
minimum
wage
requirements
stated
26
in
29
U.S.C.
§
213,
as
amended
to
January
1,
2007
2012
,
shall
27
apply,
except
as
otherwise
provided
in
this
subsection
.
28
EXPLANATION
29
This
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
wage
from
$7.25
to
30
$8.75
as
of
July
1,
2012,
and
to
$10.00
as
of
January
1,
2013.
31
Code
section
91D.1(1)(d)
provides
that
an
employer
is
not
32
required
to
pay
an
employee
the
applicable
state
hourly
wage
33
until
the
employee
has
completed
90
calendar
days
of
employment
34
with
the
employer.
The
bill
provides
that
an
employee
who
has
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completed
90
calendar
days
of
employment
with
the
employer
1
prior
to
July
1,
2012,
or
January
1,
2013,
shall
earn
the
2
applicable
state
hourly
minimum
wage
as
of
that
date.
The
bill
3
provides
that
an
employer
shall
pay
an
employee
who
has
not
4
completed
90
calendar
days
of
employment
with
the
employer
an
5
hourly
wage
of
at
least
$7.85
as
of
July
1,
2012,
and
$9.10
as
6
of
January
1,
2013.
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