HF 349 (LSB 2040YH (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE 349

BY  TUREK

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to 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 and b, Code 2025, 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 $13.50 as of July 1, 2025.
   b.  Every employer, as defined in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended to January 1, 2007 July 1, 2025, 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 July 1, 2025, 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.
    Sec. 2.  Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 2025, is amended by striking the paragraph.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill increases the state minimum hourly wage to $13.50 as of July 1, 2025.
   The bill strikes the state minimum hourly wage for employees employed for less than 90 days; such employees would instead earn the state minimum hourly wage.