Bill Text: TX HB2138 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the minimum wage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Referred to International Relations & Economic Development [HB2138 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2138-Introduced.html

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86R10762 LED-F
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 2138

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the minimum wage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 62.051. MINIMUM WAGE. (a) Except as provided by
Section 62.057, an employer shall pay to each employee not less than
the greater of:
(1) $15 an hour; or
(2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).
(b) This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for
the 2020 and 2021 calendar years. Subsection (a) does not apply in
a year to which this subsection applies. Except as provided by
Section 62.057:
(1) for the 2020 calendar year, an employer shall pay
to each employee not less than the greater of:
(A) $10 an hour; or
(B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6,
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206); and
(2) for the 2021 calendar year, an employer shall pay
to each employee not less than the greater of:
(A) $12.50 an hour; or
(B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6,
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).
(c) Subsection (b) and this subsection expire January 1,
2022.
SECTION 2. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020.