Plain English Breakdown
The effective date is listed as a purpose of the bill but remains undefined in the available summary text.
HB395: Minimum Wage Increase and Worker Rules
This bill raises the minimum wage, provides a credit for employers of tipped workers, removes certain exemptions from minimum wage rules, sets an effective date, and repeals conflicting laws.
What This Bill Does
- Increases the state's minimum wage amount.
- Provides a credit toward the minimum wage for employers who hire tipped workers.
- Eliminates various eligibility exemptions that previously allowed some groups to be paid less than the standard minimum wage.
- Sets an effective date for these changes.
- Repeals existing laws that conflict with this new bill.
Who It Names or Affects
- Employers who pay wages subject to state law, including those hiring tipped workers.
- Workers currently earning the minimum wage or previously excluded from its protections due to exemptions.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official summary does not specify the exact dollar amount of the new minimum wage increase.
- The specific date when these changes will take effect is mentioned as a provision but is not defined in the provided text.
- The bill states it eliminates 'various' exemptions but does not list which specific job types or groups are no longer exempt.