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House
File
2378
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2378
BY
GOSA
,
B.
MEYER
,
LEVIN
,
WILBURN
,
MATSON
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
AMOS
JR.
,
WICHTENDAHL
,
WILSON
,
RAMIREZ
,
KRESSIG
,
CROKEN
,
MADISON
,
JACOBY
,
GJERDE
,
OLSON
,
EHLERT
,
COOLING
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
GAINES
,
SRINIVAS
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
KURTH
,
R.
JOHNSON
,
and
JAMES
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:
4
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Section
1.
Section
91D.1,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a
and
d,
1
Code
2026,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
(1)
The
state
hourly
wage
shall
be
at
least
$6.20
as
3
of
April
1,
2007,
and
$7.25
as
of
January
1,
2008
$10.00
as
of
4
July
1,
2026,
$12.50
as
of
July
1,
2027,
and
$15.00
as
of
July
5
1,
2028
.
6
(2)
The
state
hourly
wage,
including
the
state
hourly
wage
7
for
the
first
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
provided
in
8
paragraph
“d”
,
shall
be
increased
annually
on
July
1,
beginning
9
July
1,
2029,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
cost-of-living
10
increase,
if
any,
in
federal
social
security
benefits
11
authorized
during
the
previous
state
fiscal
year
by
the
federal
12
social
security
administration
pursuant
to
section
215
of
the
13
federal
Social
Security
Act,
42
U.S.C.
§415.
In
no
case
shall
14
the
state
hourly
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
employer
shall
pay
an
employee
who
has
not
19
completed
ninety
calendar
days
of
employment
with
the
employer
20
an
hourly
wage
of
at
least
$5.30
as
of
April
1,
2007,
and
$6.35
21
as
of
January
1,
2008
,
$9.10
as
of
July
1,
2026,
$11.60
as
of
22
July
1,
2027,
and
$14.10
as
of
July
1,
2028
.
23
Sec.
2.
Section
91D.1,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
2026,
24
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
25
Sec.
3.
Section
91D.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
26
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
27
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
A
county
or
city
may
establish
a
minimum
28
wage
that
exceeds
the
state
hourly
wage
and
the
federal
minimum
29
wage.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
to
$10.00
34
as
of
July
1,
2026,
$12.50
as
of
July
1,
2027,
and
$15.00
as
of
35
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July
1,
2028.
The
bill
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage
1
for
employees
employed
for
less
than
90
days
to
$9.10
as
of
2
July
1,
2026,
$11.60
as
of
July
1,
2027,
and
$14.10
as
of
July
3
1,
2028.
4
The
bill
also
increases
the
state
minimum
hourly
wage,
5
including
the
minimum
hourly
wage
established
for
employees
6
employed
for
less
than
90
days,
annually
on
July
1,
beginning
7
July
1,
2029,
by
the
same
percentage
as
the
cost-of-living
8
increase,
if
any,
in
social
security
benefits
effective
as
of
9
the
previous
December,
as
authorized
by
the
federal
social
10
security
administration.
In
no
case
shall
the
state
hourly
11
wage
be
decreased.
12
The
bill
strikes
a
provision
permitting
the
amount
paid
to
13
an
employee
of
a
restaurant,
hotel,
motel,
inn,
or
cabin,
who
14
customarily
and
regularly
receives
more
than
$30
a
month
in
15
tips,
to
be
deemed
to
be
increased
by
a
specified
amount
for
16
purposes
of
determining
whether
the
employee
is
receiving
the
17
state
minimum
hourly
wage.
18
The
bill
authorizes
a
county
or
city
to
establish
a
minimum
19
wage
that
exceeds
the
state
hourly
wage
and
the
federal
minimum
20
wage.
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