Bill Text: IA SF235 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act increasing the state minimum hourly wage and providing for subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social security benefits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-08 - Subcommittee: Driscoll, Donahue, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 298. [SF235 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF235-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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BY
DONAHUE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
increasing
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
and
providing
1
for
subsequent
increases
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
2
increase
in
federal
social
security
benefits.
3
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
and
d,
1
Code
2023,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
(1)
The
state
hourly
wage
shall
be
at
least
$6.20
as
of
3
April
1,
2007,
and
$7.25
as
of
January
1,
2008
,
and
$15.00
as
of
4
July
1,
2023
.
5
(2)
The
state
hourly
wage,
including
the
state
hourly
wage
6
for
the
first
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
provided
in
7
paragraph
“d”
,
shall
be
increased
annually
on
July
1,
beginning
8
July
1,
2024,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
cost-of-living
9
increase,
if
any,
in
federal
social
security
benefits
10
authorized
during
the
previous
state
fiscal
year
by
the
federal
11
social
security
administration
pursuant
to
section
215
of
the
12
federal
Social
Security
Act,
42
U.S.C.
§415.
In
no
case
shall
13
the
state
hourly
wage
be
decreased.
14
d.
An
employer
is
not
required
to
pay
an
employee
the
15
applicable
state
hourly
wage
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
until
the
16
employee
has
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
with
17
the
employer.
An
employer
shall
pay
an
employee
who
has
not
18
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
with
the
employer
19
an
hourly
wage
of
at
least
$5.30
as
of
April
1,
2007,
and
$6.35
20
as
of
January
1,
2008
,
and
$14.10
as
of
July
1,
2023
.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
to
$15.00
25
as
of
July
1,
2023.
The
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
26
hourly
wage
for
employees
employed
for
less
than
90
days
to
27
$14.10
as
of
July
1,
2023.
28
The
bill
also
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage,
29
including
the
minimum
hourly
wage
established
for
employees
30
employed
for
less
than
90
days,
annually
on
July
1,
beginning
31
July
1,
2024,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
cost-of-living
32
increase,
if
any,
in
social
security
benefits
effective
as
of
33
the
previous
December,
as
authorized
by
the
federal
social
34
security
administration.
In
no
case
shall
the
state
hourly
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