Bill Text: IA HF105 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for an increase in the state minimum hourly wage and subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social security benefits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-31 - Subcommittee: Forristall, Hanusa and Hunter. H.J. 167. [HF105 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF105-Introduced.html
House File 105 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HUNTER, ABDUL=SAMAD, BENNETT, T. TAYLOR, KACENA, KEARNS, ISENHART, STAED, RUNNING=MARQUARDT, BROWN=POWERS, OLDSON, and GAINES A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for an increase in the state minimum hourly 2 wage and subsequent increases by the same percentage as the 3 increase in federal social security benefits. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1936YH (5) 87 je/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraphs a and d, 1 2 Code 2017, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. (1) The state hourly wage shall be at least$6.20 as of 1 4 April 1, 2007, and $7.25 as of January 1, 2008$8.00 as of July 1 5 1, 2017, $9.00 as of January 1, 2018, $10.00 as of January 1, 1 6 2019, and $11.00 as of January 1, 2020. 1 7 (2) The state hourly wage, including the state hourly wage 1 8 for the first ninety calendar days of employment provided in 1 9 paragraph "d", shall be increased annually on July 1, beginning 1 10 July 1, 2020, by the same percentage as the cost=of=living 1 11 increase in federal social security benefits authorized during 1 12 the previous state fiscal year by the federal social security 1 13 administration pursuant to section 215 of the federal Social 1 14 Security Act, 42 U.S.C. {415. 1 15 d. An employer is not required to pay an employee the 1 16 applicable state hourly wage provided in paragraph "a" until the 1 17 employee has completed ninety calendar days of employment with 1 18 the employer. An employee who has completed ninety calendar 1 19 days of employment with the employerprior to April 1, 2007, or 1 20 January 1, 2008,shall earn the applicable state hourly minimum 1 21 wage as ofthatthe date of completion. An employer shall 1 22 pay an employee who has not completed ninety calendar days of 1 23 employment with the employer an hourly wage of at least$5.30 1 24 as of April 1, 2007, and $6.35 as of January 1, 2008$7.10 as of 1 25 July 1, 2017, $8.10 as of January 1, 2018, $9.10 as of January 1 26 1, 2019, and $10.10 as of January 1, 2020. 1 27 EXPLANATION 1 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 30 This bill increases the state minimum hourly wage to $8.00 1 31 as of July 1, 2017, $9.00 as of January 1, 2018, $10.00 as of 1 32 January 1, 2019, and $11.00 as of January 1, 2020. The bill 1 33 increases the state minimum hourly wage for employees employed 1 34 for less than 90 days to $7.10 as of July 1, 2017, $8.10 as of 1 35 January 1, 2018, $9.10 as of January 1, 2019, and $10.10 as of 2 1 January 1, 2020. 2 2 The bill also increases the state minimum hourly wage, 2 3 including the minimum hourly wage established for employees 2 4 employed for less than 90 days, annually on July 1, beginning 2 5 July 1, 2020, by the same percentage as the cost=of=living 2 6 increase in social security benefits effective as of the 2 7 previous December, as authorized by the federal social security 2 8 administration. LSB 1936YH (5) 87 je/rj