SF 101 (LSB 2068XS (3) 91)

SENATE FILE 101

BY  DONAHUE, DOTZLER, TOWNSEND, BENNETT, CELSI, STAED, KNOX, WINCKLER, PETERSEN, BLAKE, and WEINER

A BILL FOR

An Act increasing the state minimum hourly wage and providing for subsequent increases by the same percentage as the increase in federal social security benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraphs a and d, Code 2025, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  (1)  The state hourly wage shall be at least $6.20 as of April 1, 2007, and $7.25 as of January 1, 2008, and $15.00 as of July 1, 2025.
   (2)  The state hourly wage, including the state hourly wage for the first ninety calendar days of employment provided in paragraph “d”, shall be increased annually on July 1, beginning July 1, 2026, by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase, if any, in federal social security benefits authorized during the previous state fiscal year by the federal social security administration pursuant to section 215 of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §415. In no case shall the state hourly wage be decreased.
   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 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 as of January 1, 2008, and $14.10 as of July 1, 2025.
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 $15.00 as of July 1, 2025. The bill increases the state minimum hourly wage for employees employed for less than 90 days to $14.10 as of July 1, 2025.
   The bill also increases the state minimum hourly wage, including the minimum hourly wage established for employees employed for less than 90 days, annually on July 1, beginning July 1, 2026, by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase, if any, in social security benefits effective as of the previous December, as authorized by the federal social security administration. In no case shall the state hourly wage be decreased.