Bill Text: TX HB691 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the minimum wage.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-04 - Referred to s/c on Workforce by Speaker [HB691 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB691-Introduced.html

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By: Goodwin H.B. No. 691

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. Except as provided by Sections
62.052 and [Section] 62.057, an employer shall pay to each employee
not less than the greater of:
(1) $19 an hour; or
(2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).
SECTION 2. Section 62.052, Labor Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 62.052. TIPPED EMPLOYEES. (a) [In determining the
wage of a tipped employee, the amount paid the employee by the
employer is the amount described as paid to a tipped employee under
Section 3(m), Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section
203(m)).
[(b)] In this section, "tipped employee" means an employee
engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and
regularly receives more than $20 a month in tips.
(b) An employer shall pay to each tipped employee not less
than half of the amount outlined in Sec. 63.025. The amount paid to
an employee may not be reduced by a tip credit against the minimum
wage.
(c) This section may not be construed to allow an employer
to keep any portion of a tipped employee's tips.
SECTION 3. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.