House File 130 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 130 BY HUNTER A BILL FOR An Act to increase the state minimum hourly wage and to provide 1 subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase 2 in federal social security benefits. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1743YH (5) 84 je/rj

H.F. 130 Section 1. Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. The state hourly wage shall be at least $6.20 as of 3 April 1, 2007, and $7.25 as of January 1, 2008 , $7.50 as of 4 January 1, 2012, and $8.00 as of July 1, 2012 . The state hourly 5 wage, including the state hourly wage for the first ninety 6 calendar days of employment provided in paragraph “d” , shall 7 be increased annually on July 1, beginning July 1, 2013, by 8 the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase in federal 9 social security benefits authorized during the previous state 10 fiscal year by the federal social security administration 11 pursuant to section 215 of the federal Social Security Act, 42 12 U.S.C. § 415. 13 EXPLANATION 14 This bill increases the state minimum hourly wage to $7.50 as 15 of January 1, 2012, and $8.00 as of July 1, 2012. The bill also 16 increases the state minimum hourly wage, including the minimum 17 hourly wage established for employees employed for less than 90 18 days, annually on July 1, beginning July 1, 2013, by the same 19 percentage as the cost-of-living increase in social security 20 benefits effective as of the previous December, as authorized 21 by the federal social security administration. 22 -1- LSB 1743YH (5) 84 je/rj 1/ 1