House
File
2131
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2131
BY
HUNTER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
91D.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
a.
(1)
The
state
hourly
wage
shall
be
at
least
$6.20
3
as
of
April
1,
2007,
and
$7.25
as
of
January
1,
2008
$8.20
as
4
of
July
1,
2020,
$9.15
as
of
July
1,
2021,
$10.10
as
of
July
5
1,
2022,
$11.05
as
of
July
1,
2023,
$12.00
as
of
July
1,
2024,
6
$13.00
as
of
July
1,
2025,
$14.00
as
of
July
1,
2026,
and
$15.00
7
as
of
July
1,
2027
.
8
(2)
The
state
hourly
wage,
including
the
state
hourly
wage
9
for
the
first
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
provided
in
10
paragraph
“d”
,
shall
be
increased
annually
on
July
1,
beginning
11
July
1,
2028,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
cost-of-living
12
increase
in
federal
social
security
benefits
authorized
during
13
the
previous
state
fiscal
year
by
the
federal
social
security
14
administration
pursuant
to
section
215
of
the
federal
Social
15
Security
Act,
42
U.S.C.
§415.
16
b.
Every
employer,
as
defined
in
the
federal
Fair
Labor
17
Standards
Act
of
1938,
as
amended
to
January
1,
2007,
shall
pay
18
to
each
of
the
employer’s
employees,
as
defined
in
the
federal
19
Fair
Labor
Standards
Act
of
1938,
as
amended
to
January
1,
20
2007,
the
state
hourly
wage
stated
in
paragraph
“a”
,
or
the
21
current
federal
minimum
wage,
pursuant
to
29
U.S.C.
§206,
as
22
amended,
whichever
is
greater.
23
c.
For
purposes
of
determining
whether
an
employee
of
a
24
restaurant,
hotel,
motel,
inn,
or
cabin,
who
customarily
and
25
regularly
receives
more
than
thirty
sixty
dollars
a
month
in
26
tips
is
receiving
the
minimum
hourly
wage
rate
prescribed
by
27
this
section
,
the
amount
paid
the
employee
by
the
employer
28
shall
be
deemed
to
be
increased
on
account
of
the
tips
by
an
29
amount
determined
by
the
employer,
not
to
exceed
forty
percent
30
of
the
applicable
minimum
wage.
An
employee
may
file
a
written
31
appeal
with
the
labor
commissioner
if
the
amount
of
tips
32
received
by
the
employee
is
less
than
the
amount
determined
by
33
the
employer
under
this
subsection
.
34
d.
An
employer
is
not
required
to
pay
an
employee
the
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applicable
state
hourly
wage
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
until
the
1
employee
has
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
with
2
the
employer.
An
employee
who
has
completed
ninety
calendar
3
days
of
employment
with
the
employer
prior
to
April
1,
2007,
or
4
January
1,
2008,
shall
earn
the
applicable
state
hourly
minimum
5
wage
as
of
that
the
date
of
completion
.
An
employer
shall
6
pay
an
employee
who
has
not
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
7
employment
with
the
employer
an
hourly
wage
of
at
least
$5.30
8
as
of
April
1,
2007,
and
$6.35
as
of
January
1,
2008
$7.20
as
9
of
July
1,
2020,
$8.05
as
of
July
1,
2021,
$8.85
as
of
July
10
1,
2022,
$9.70
as
of
July
1,
2023,
$10.55
as
of
July
1,
2024,
11
$11.45
as
of
July
1,
2025,
$12.30
as
of
July
1,
2026,
and
$13.20
12
as
of
July
1,
2027
.
13
e.
A
county
or
city
may
establish
a
minimum
wage
that
14
exceeds
the
state
hourly
wage
and
the
federal
minimum
wage.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
to
$8.20
19
as
of
July
1,
2020,
$9.15
as
of
July
1,
2021,
$10.10
as
of
July
20
1,
2022,
$11.05
as
of
July
1,
2023,
$12.00
as
of
July
1,
2024,
21
$13.00
as
of
July
1,
2025,
$14.00
as
of
July
1,
2026,
and
$15.00
22
as
of
July
1,
2027.
The
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
23
hourly
wage
for
employees
employed
for
less
than
90
days
to
24
$7.20
as
of
July
1,
2020,
$8.05
as
of
July
1,
2021,
$8.85
as
of
25
July
1,
2022,
$9.70
as
of
July
1,
2023,
$10.55
as
of
July
1,
26
2024,
$11.45
as
of
July
1,
2025,
$12.30
as
of
July
1,
2026,
and
27
$13.20
as
of
July
1,
2027.
28
The
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage,
including
29
the
minimum
hourly
wage
established
for
employees
employed
for
30
less
than
90
days,
annually
on
July
1,
beginning
July
1,
2028,
31
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
cost-of-living
increase
in
social
32
security
benefits
effective
as
of
the
previous
December,
as
33
authorized
by
the
federal
social
security
administration.
34
The
bill
increases
the
dollar
amount
of
monthly
tips
an
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employee
must
receive
in
order
to
be
subject
to
an
alternative
1
minimum
wage
calculation
for
employees
who
receive
tips
from
2
$30
to
$60.
3
The
bill
authorizes
a
county
or
city
to
establish
a
minimum
4
wage
that
exceeds
the
state
hourly
wage
and
the
federal
minimum
5
wage.
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