PRINTER'S NO. 1128
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
865
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WAGNER, McGARRIGLE AND SCAVELLO, AUGUST 29, 2017
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, AUGUST 29, 2017
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, for
exemptions and for preemption.
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, is
amended by adding paragraphs 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:
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(9) Seven dollars seventy-five cents ($7.75) an hour
beginning July 1, 2018.
(10) Eight dollars twenty-five cents ($8.25) an hour
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beginning July 1, 2019.
(11) Eight dollars seventy-five cents ($8.75) an hour
beginning July 1, 2020.
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Section 2. Section 5 of the act is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 5. Exemptions.--* * *
(d) Employes who are eighteen years of age and under are
exempt from the minimum wage provisions of this act.
Section 3. Section 14.1 of the act is amended to read:
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[.],
including any local ordinance or rule that would raise the
minimum wage higher than the minimum wage set forth in 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. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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