House
File
2076
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2076
BY
KACENA
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
increasing
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
and
providing
1
for
subsequent
increases
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
2
increase
in
federal
social
security
benefits.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
91D.1,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a
and
d,
1
Code
2020,
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
,
and
$10.25
as
of
4
July
1,
2020
.
5
(2)
The
state
hourly
wage,
including
the
state
hourly
wage
6
for
the
first
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
provided
in
7
paragraph
“d”
,
shall
be
increased
annually
on
July
1,
beginning
8
July
1,
2021,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
cost-of-living
9
increase
in
federal
social
security
benefits
authorized
during
10
the
previous
state
fiscal
year
by
the
federal
social
security
11
administration
pursuant
to
section
215
of
the
federal
Social
12
Security
Act,
42
U.S.C.
§415.
13
d.
An
employer
is
not
required
to
pay
an
employee
the
14
applicable
state
hourly
wage
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
until
the
15
employee
has
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
with
16
the
employer.
An
employee
who
has
completed
ninety
calendar
17
days
of
employment
with
the
employer
prior
to
April
1,
2007,
or
18
January
1,
2008,
shall
earn
the
applicable
state
hourly
minimum
19
wage
as
of
that
the
date
of
completion
.
An
employer
shall
20
pay
an
employee
who
has
not
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
21
employment
with
the
employer
an
hourly
wage
of
at
least
$5.30
22
as
of
April
1,
2007,
and
$6.35
as
of
January
1,
2008
,
and
$9.35
23
as
of
July
1,
2020
.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
to
$10.25
28
as
of
July
1,
2020.
The
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
29
hourly
wage
for
employees
employed
for
less
than
90
days
to
30
$9.35
as
of
July
1,
2020.
31
The
bill
also
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage,
32
including
the
minimum
hourly
wage
established
for
employees
33
employed
for
less
than
90
days,
annually
on
July
1,
beginning
34
July
1,
2021,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
cost-of-living
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increase
in
social
security
benefits
effective
as
of
the
1
previous
December,
as
authorized
by
the
federal
social
security
2
administration.
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