House
File
2153
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2153
BY
ANDERSON
,
McCONKEY
,
MASCHER
,
KEARNS
,
STAED
,
OLSON
,
HUNTER
,
FINKENAUER
,
and
BENNETT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
an
increase
in
the
state
minimum
hourly
1
wage
and
subsequent
increases
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
2
increase
in
the
midwest
consumer
price
index.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
91D.1,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a
and
d,
1
Code
2016,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
(1)
The
state
hourly
wage
shall
be
at
least
$6.20
as
of
3
April
1,
2007,
and
$7.25
as
of
January
1,
2008
,
$8.75
as
of
July
4
1,
2016,
$10.50
as
of
January
1,
2017,
and
$12.00
as
of
July
1,
5
2017
.
6
(2)
The
state
hourly
wage,
including
the
state
hourly
wage
7
for
the
first
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
provided
in
8
paragraph
“d”
,
shall
be
increased
annually
on
July
1,
beginning
9
July
1,
2018,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
increase
in
the
10
consumer
price
index
for
all
urban
consumers
for
the
midwest
11
region
for
the
previous
calendar
year,
if
any,
as
determined
12
by
the
United
States
department
of
labor,
bureau
of
labor
13
statistics,
or
a
successor
index.
In
no
case
shall
the
state
14
hourly
wage,
including
the
state
hourly
wage
for
the
first
15
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
provided
in
paragraph
“d”
,
be
16
decreased
pursuant
to
this
subparagraph.
17
d.
An
employer
is
not
required
to
pay
an
employee
the
18
applicable
state
hourly
wage
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
until
the
19
employee
has
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
with
20
the
employer.
An
employee
who
has
completed
ninety
calendar
21
days
of
employment
with
the
employer
prior
to
April
1,
2007,
or
22
January
1,
2008,
shall
earn
the
applicable
state
hourly
minimum
23
wage
as
of
that
the
date
of
completion
.
An
employer
shall
24
pay
an
employee
who
has
not
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
25
employment
with
the
employer
an
hourly
wage
of
at
least
$5.30
26
as
of
April
1,
2007,
and
$6.35
as
of
January
1,
2008
,
$7.50
as
27
of
July
1,
2016,
$8.50
as
of
January
1,
2017,
and
$10.00
as
of
28
July
1,
2017
.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
to
$8.75
33
as
of
July
1,
2016,
$10.50
as
of
January
1,
2017,
and
$12.00
as
34
of
July
1,
2017.
The
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
35
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wage
for
employees
employed
for
less
than
90
days
to
$7.50
as
1
of
July
1,
2016,
$8.50
as
of
January
1,
2017,
and
$10.00
as
of
2
July
1,
2017.
3
The
bill
also
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage,
4
including
the
minimum
hourly
wage
established
for
employees
5
employed
for
less
than
90
days,
annually
on
July
1,
beginning
6
July
1,
2018,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
increase
in
the
7
consumer
price
index
for
all
urban
consumers
for
the
midwest
8
region
for
the
previous
calendar
year,
if
any,
as
determined
9
by
the
United
States
department
of
labor,
bureau
of
labor
10
statistics,
or
a
successor
index.
In
no
case
shall
the
state
11
hourly
wage,
including
the
state
hourly
wage
for
the
first
90
12
calendar
days
of
employment,
be
decreased
pursuant
to
this
13
provision.
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