Bill Text: FL S0006 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State Minimum Wage
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Commerce and Tourism [S0006 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0006-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2016 SB 6 By Senator Bullard 39-00134-16 20166__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the state minimum wage; amending s. 3 448.110, F.S.; increasing the state minimum wage; 4 prohibiting an employer from paying an employee at a 5 rate less than the state minimum wage; removing the 6 limitation restricting application of the state 7 minimum wage only to individuals entitled to receive 8 the federal minimum wage; deleting obsolete language; 9 providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Subsection (3) and paragraph (a) of subsection 14 (4) of section 448.110, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 15 448.110 State minimum wage; annual wage adjustment; 16 enforcement.— 17 (3)EffectiveMay2, 2005,Employers shall pay employees a 18 minimum wage at an hourly rate of $15$6.15for all hours worked 19 in this stateFlorida. An employer may not pay an employee at a 20 rate less than the state minimum wageOnly those individuals21entitled to receive the federal minimum wage under the federal22Fair Labor Standards Act and its implementing regulationsshall23be eligible to receive the state minimum wage pursuant to s. 24,24Art. X of the State Constitution and this section.The25provisions of ss. 213 and 214 of the federal Fair Labor26Standards Act, as interpreted by applicable federal regulations27and implemented by the Secretary of Labor, are incorporated28herein.29 (4)(a) EachBeginning September 30, 2005, and annually on30 September 30thereafter, the Department of Economic Opportunity 31 shall calculate an adjusted state minimum wage rate by 32 increasing the state minimum wage by the rate of inflation for 33 the 12 months prior to September 1. In calculating the adjusted 34 state minimum wage, the Department of Economic Opportunity shall 35 use the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical 36 Workers, not seasonally adjusted, for the South Region or a 37 successor index as calculated by the United States Department of 38 Labor. Each adjusted state minimum wage rate shall take effect 39 on the following January 1, with the initial adjusted minimum40wage rate to take effect on January 1, 2006. 41 Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.