Senate
File
2075
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2075
BY
J.
SMITH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
increasing
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
and
providing
1
for
subsequent
increases
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
2
increase
in
federal
social
security
benefits.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
91D.1,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a
and
d,
1
Code
2020,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
(1)
The
state
hourly
wage
shall
be
at
least
$6.20
as
of
3
April
1,
2007,
and
$7.25
as
of
January
1,
2008
,
and
$9.30
as
of
4
July
1,
2020
.
5
(2)
The
state
hourly
wage,
including
the
state
hourly
wage
6
for
the
first
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
provided
7
in
paragraph
“d”
,
shall
be
increased
annually
on
January
1,
8
beginning
January
1,
2021,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
9
cost-of-living
increase,
if
any,
in
federal
social
security
10
benefits
authorized
during
the
current
state
fiscal
year
by
the
11
federal
social
security
administration
pursuant
to
section
215
12
of
the
federal
Social
Security
Act,
42
U.S.C.
§415,
rounded
up
13
to
the
nearest
five
cents.
In
no
case
shall
the
state
hourly
14
wage
be
decreased.
15
d.
An
employer
is
not
required
to
pay
an
employee
the
16
applicable
state
hourly
wage
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
until
the
17
employee
has
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
with
18
the
employer.
An
employee
who
has
completed
ninety
calendar
19
days
of
employment
with
the
employer
prior
to
April
1,
2007,
or
20
January
1,
2008,
shall
earn
the
applicable
state
hourly
minimum
21
wage
as
of
that
the
date
of
completion
.
An
employer
shall
22
pay
an
employee
who
has
not
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
23
employment
with
the
employer
an
hourly
wage
of
at
least
$5.30
24
as
of
April
1,
2007,
and
$6.35
as
of
January
1,
2008
,
and
$8.40
25
as
of
July
1,
2020
.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
to
$9.30
as
30
of
July
1,
2020.
The
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
31
wage
for
employees
employed
for
less
than
90
days
to
$8.40
as
32
of
July
1,
2020.
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
January
1,
1
beginning
January
1,
2021,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
2
cost-of-living
increase,
if
any,
in
social
security
benefits
3
effective
as
of
the
previous
December,
as
authorized
by
the
4
federal
social
security
administration,
rounded
up
to
the
5
nearest
five
cents.
The
bill
provides
that
in
no
case
shall
6
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
be
decreased.
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