House File 11 - 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 1621HH 83
  6 kh/rj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2009, is 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                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill increases the state minimum hourly wage,
  1 14 including the minimum hourly wage established for employees
  1 15 employed for less than 90 days, annually on July 1 by the same
  1 16 percentage as the cost=of=living increase in social security
  1 17 benefits authorized in the previous fiscal year by the federal
  1 18 social security administration.
  1 19 LSB 1621HH 83
  1 20 kh/rj/5