House File 29

                             HOUSE FILE       
                             BY  WHITEAD, REASONER, MURPHY, OLDSON,
                                 SMITH, THOMAS, QUIRK, D. OLSON,
                                 MYERS, BUKTA, MASCHER, WHITAKER,
                                 HOGG, SWAIM, JOCHUM, GASKILL,
                                 BERRY, FREVERT, WENDT, MERTZ,
                                 COHOON, WINCKLER, LENSING, STEVENS,
                                 FORD, PETERSEN, FOEGE, OSTERHAUS,
                                 STRUYK, KUHN, GREIMANN, T. TAYLOR,
                                 DAVITT, FALLON, D. TAYLOR, DANDEKAR,
                                 BELL, CONNORS, and HEDDENS


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act increasing the state minimum hourly wage rate.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 1193HH 80
  4 kh/pj/5

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraphs a and
  1  2 d, Code 2003, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  The hourly wage stated in the federal minimum wage law,
  1  4 pursuant to 29 U.S.C. } 206, shall be increased to $3.85 $5.65
  1  5 on January 1 of 1990, 2004, $4.25 on January 1 of 1991, and
  1  6 $4.65 to $6.15 on January 1 of 1992, 2005.
  1  7    d.  An employer is not required to pay an employee the
  1  8 applicable minimum wage provided in paragraph "a" until the
  1  9 employee has completed ninety calendar days of employment with
  1 10 the employer.  An employee who has completed ninety calendar
  1 11 days of employment with the employer prior to January 1 of
  1 12 1990, 1991, 2004, or 1992 January 1, 2005, shall earn the
  1 13 applicable hourly minimum wage.  An employer shall pay an
  1 14 employee who has not completed ninety calendar days of
  1 15 employment with the employer an hourly wage of at least $3.35
  1 16 $5.15 as of January 1 of 1990, 2004, $3.85 as of January 1 of
  1 17 1991, and $4.25 $5.65 as of January 1 of 1992, 2005.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill raises the state's hourly minimum wage to $5.65
  1 20 beginning January 1, 2004, and to $6.15 beginning January 1,
  1 21 2005.  The state hourly minimum wage for employees serving a
  1 22 90=day training period is raised to $5.15 on January 1, 2004,
  1 23 and to $5.65 on January 1, 2005.
  1 24    The federal minimum wage laws have primacy over state
  1 25 minimum wage laws unless the state sets a higher minimum wage.
  1 26 The federal hourly minimum wage, which took effect September
  1 27 1, 1997, is $5.15.  The federal subminimum, or training, wage
  1 28 established on that same date for employees under 20 years of
  1 29 age during their first 90 consecutive calendar days of
  1 30 employment with an employer is $4.25 an hour.
  1 31 LSB 1193HH 80
  1 32 kh/pj/5
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