House File 2348 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HUNTER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act to increase the state minimum hourly wage by the same
  2    percentage as the increase in federal social security
  3    benefits.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5933HH 82
  6 kh/rj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraphs a and
  1  2 b, Code Supplement 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  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.  The state
  1  5 hourly wage, including the state hourly wage for the first
  1  6 ninety calendar days of employment provided in paragraph "d",
  1  7 shall be increased annually on July 1 by the same percentage
  1  8 as the cost=of=living increase in federal social security
  1  9 benefits authorized in the previous fiscal year by the federal
  1 10 social security administration pursuant to section 215 of the
  1 11 federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. } 415.
  1 12    b.  Every employer, as defined in the federal Fair Labor
  1 13 Standards Act of 1938, as amended to January 1, 2007 2008,
  1 14 shall pay to each of the employer's employees, as defined in
  1 15 the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended to
  1 16 January 1, 2007 2008, the state hourly wage stated in
  1 17 paragraph "a", or the current federal minimum wage, pursuant
  1 18 to 29 U.S.C. } 206, as amended, whichever is greater.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill increases the state minimum hourly wage,
  1 21 including the minimum hourly wage established for employees
  1 22 employed for less than 90 days, annually on July 1 by the same
  1 23 percentage as the cost=of=living increase in social security
  1 24 benefits authorized in the previous fiscal year by the federal
  1 25 social security administration.
  1 26    The bill also updates a reference to federal Fair Labor
  1 27 Standards Act of 1938 by providing that every employer, as
  1 28 defined in the Act as amended to January 1, 2008, rather than
  1 29 January 1, 2007, must pay to every employee, as defined by the
  1 30 Act, the state hourly wage or the current federal minimum
  1 31 wage, whichever is greater.
  1 32 LSB 5933HH 82
  1 33 kh/rj/5