PRINTER'S NO. 3224
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2017
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY COHEN, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE, COOK-ARTIS, DeLUCA,
J. HARRIS, KINSEY, NEILSON, O'BRIEN, THOMAS AND YOUNGBLOOD,
APRIL 22, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 22, 2016
AN ACT
Amending the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), entitled
"An act establishing a fixed minimum wage and overtime rates
for employes, with certain exceptions; providing for minimum
rates for learners and apprentices; creating a Minimum Wage
Advisory Board and defining its powers and duties; conferring
powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Labor and
Industry; imposing duties on employers; and providing
penalties," further providing for minimum wages; providing
for reporting by the department; and repealing preemption
provision.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4(a) of the act of January 17, 1968
(P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, amended
July 5, 2012 (P.L.987, No.109), is amended to read:
Section 4. Minimum Wages.--Except as may otherwise be
provided under this act:
(a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employes
wages for all hours worked at a rate of not less than:
(1) Two dollars sixty-five cents ($2.65) an hour upon the
effective date of this amendment.
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(2) Two dollars ninety cents ($2.90) an hour during the year
beginning January 1, 1979.
(3) Three dollars ten cents ($3.10) an hour during the year
beginning January 1, 1980.
(4) Three dollars thirty-five cents ($3.35) an hour after
December 31, 1980.
(5) Three dollars seventy cents ($3.70) an hour beginning
February 1, 1989.
(6) Five dollars fifteen cents ($5.15) an hour beginning
September 1, 1997.
(7) Six dollars twenty-five cents ($6.25) an hour beginning
January 1, 2007.
(8) Seven dollars fifteen cents ($7.15) an hour beginning
July 1, 2007.
(9) Nine dollars ($9) an hour beginning ninety days after
the effective date of this paragraph.
(10) Ten dollars fifty cents ($10.50) an hour beginning
three hundred sixty-five days after the effective date of this
paragraph.
(11) Twelve dollars fifty cents ($12.50) an hour beginning
seven hundred thirty days after the effective date of this
paragraph.
(12) Thirteen dollars fifty cents ($13.50) an hour beginning
one thousand ninety-five days after the effective date of this
paragraph.
(13) Fifteen dollars ($15) an hour beginning one thousand
four hundred sixty days after the effective date of this
paragraph.
(14) Beginning one year after the effective rate under
paragraph (13) becomes effective, and each succeeding year
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thereafter, the minimum wage shall be increased by an annual
cost-of-living adjustment calculated by applying the percentage
change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-
U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area,
for the most recent twelve-month period for which figures have
been officially reported by the United States Department of
Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics sixty days prior to the date
the adjustment is due to take effect, to the then current
minimum wage amount and rounded to the nearest multiple of five
cents (5ยข). The percentage increase and the minimum wage amounts
shall be determined by the secretary as herein prescribed and
public notice given in the Pennsylvania Bulletin within ten days
of the date such determination is made.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 13.1. Reporting by Department.--The department shall
collect information of the number of employers who violate the
provisions of this act, including the amount of fines imposed
for violations, and shall publish the information on the
department's publicly accessible Internet website. The
department shall update the information every six months.
Section 3. Section 14.1 of the act is repealed:
[Section 14.1. Preemption.--(a) Except as set forth in
subsection (b), this act shall preempt and supersede any local
ordinance or rule concerning the subject matter of this act.
(b) This section does not prohibit local regulation pursuant
to an ordinance which was adopted by a municipality prior to
January 1, 2006, and which remained in effect on January 1,
2006.]
Section 4. Any and all regulations are hereby abrogated to
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the extent of any inconsistency with this act.
Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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