Bill Text: TX HJR80 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an increased minimum wage.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Referred to International Relations & Economic Development [HJR80 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HJR80-Introduced.html
| 86R10763 LED-F | ||
| By: Goodwin | H.J.R. No. 80 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an increased | ||
| minimum wage. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 29 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29. (a) An employer in this state shall pay to an | ||
| employee for services performed by the 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) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to: | ||
| (1) wages paid to an individual to whom Section | ||
| 62.057, Labor Code, applies, as that section existed on January 1, | ||
| 2020; or | ||
| (2) an employer to which an exemption under Subchapter | ||
| D, Chapter 62, Labor Code, applies, as that subchapter existed on | ||
| January 1, 2020. | ||
| (c) The legislature by general law may repeal or otherwise | ||
| limit but may not expand the applicability of Section 62.057, Labor | ||
| Code, or an exemption under Subchapter D, Chapter 62, Labor Code, | ||
| that is in effect on January 1, 2020. | ||
| (d) This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for | ||
| the 2020 and 2021 calendar years. Subsection (a) of this section | ||
| does not apply in a year to which this subsection applies. Except | ||
| as provided by Section 62.057, Labor Code: | ||
| (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). | ||
| (e) This section takes effect January 1, 2020. | ||
| (f) Subsections (d) and (e) of this section and this | ||
| subsection expire January 1, 2022. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment establishing a minimum | ||
| wage of the greater of $15 an hour or the federal minimum wage." | ||
