House
File
39
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
39
BY
HUNTER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
to
increase
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
and
to
provide
1
subsequent
increases
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
increase
2
in
federal
social
security
benefits.
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
2013,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
(1)
The
state
hourly
wage
shall
be
at
least
$6.20
as
3
of
April
1,
2007,
and
$7.25
as
of
January
1,
2008
,
$7.75
as
4
of
January
1,
2014,
$8.25
as
of
July
1,
2014,
and
$9.00
as
of
5
January
1,
2015
.
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,
2015,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
cost-of-living
10
increase
in
federal
social
security
benefits
authorized
during
11
the
previous
state
fiscal
year
by
the
federal
social
security
12
administration
pursuant
to
section
215
of
the
federal
Social
13
Security
Act,
42
U.S.C.
§
415.
14
d.
An
employer
is
not
required
to
pay
an
employee
the
15
applicable
state
hourly
wage
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
until
the
16
employee
has
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
with
17
the
employer.
An
employee
who
has
completed
ninety
calendar
18
days
of
employment
with
the
employer
prior
to
April
1,
2007,
or
19
January
1,
2008,
shall
earn
the
applicable
state
hourly
minimum
20
wage
as
of
that
the
date
of
completion
.
An
employer
shall
21
pay
an
employee
who
has
not
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
22
employment
with
the
employer
an
hourly
wage
of
at
least
$5.30
23
as
of
April
1,
2007,
and
$6.35
as
of
January
1,
2008
,
$6.85
as
24
of
January
1,
2014,
$7.35
as
of
July
1,
2014,
and
$8.10
as
of
25
January
1,
2015
.
26
EXPLANATION
27
This
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
to
$7.75
as
28
of
January
1,
2014,
$8.25
as
of
July
1,
2014,
and
$9.00
as
of
29
January
1,
2015.
The
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
30
wage
for
employees
employed
for
less
than
90
days
to
$6.85
as
31
of
January
1,
2014,
$7.35
as
of
July
1,
2014,
and
$8.10
as
of
32
January
1,
2015.
33
The
bill
also
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage,
34
including
the
minimum
hourly
wage
established
for
employees
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employed
for
less
than
90
days,
annually
on
July
1,
beginning
1
July
1,
2015,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
cost-of-living
2
increase
in
social
security
benefits
effective
as
of
the
3
previous
December,
as
authorized
by
the
federal
social
security
4
administration.
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