HOUSE FILE 2196

BY  MURPHY, HUNTER, KELLEY, MASCHER, ABDUL-SAMAD, T. TAYLOR, WESSEL-KROESCHELL, THEDE, BERRY, H. MILLER, WINCKLER, LENSING, COHOON, and KEARNS

A BILL FOR

An Act increasing the state minimum hourly wage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, and d, Code 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  The state hourly wage shall be at least $6.20 as of April 1, 2007, and $7.25 as of January 1, 2008, and $8.80 as of January 1, 2013.
   b.  Every employer, as defined in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended to January 1, 2007
 
2012, shall pay to each of the employer’s employees, as defined in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended to January 1, 2007
 
2012, the state hourly wage stated in paragraph “a”, or the current federal minimum wage, pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 206, as amended, whichever is greater.
   d.  An employer is not required to pay an employee the applicable state hourly wage provided in paragraph “a” until the employee has completed ninety calendar days of employment with the employer. An employee who has completed ninety calendar days of employment with the employer prior to April 1, 2007, or January 1, 2008
 
2013, shall earn the applicable state hourly minimum wage as of that date. An employer shall pay an employee who has not completed ninety calendar days of employment with the employer an hourly wage of at least $5.30 as of April 1, 2007, and $6.35
 
$8.00 as of January 1, 2008
 
2013.
    Sec. 2.  Section 91D.1, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The exemptions from the minimum wage requirements stated in 29 U.S.C. § 213, as amended to January 1, 2007
 
2012, shall apply, except as otherwise provided in this subsection.
EXPLANATION
   This bill increases the state minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.80 as of January 1, 2013. 
   Code section 91D.1(1)(d) provides that an employer is not required to pay an employee the applicable state hourly wage until the employee has completed 90 calendar days of employment with the employer. The bill provides that an employee who has completed 90 calendar days of employment with the employer prior to January 1, 2013, shall earn the applicable state hourly minimum wage as of that date. The bill provides that an employer shall pay an employee who has not completed 90 calendar days of employment with the employer an hourly wage of at least $8.00 as of January 1, 2013.