PRINTER'S NO. 4085
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2659
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BOYLE, JULY 8, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JULY 8, 2020
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; and
repealing provisions relating to preemption.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 of the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11,
No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
Section 4. Minimum Wages.--Except as may otherwise be
provided under this act:
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(a.2) A municipality may adopt an ordinance that provides
for a greater wage rate than that required under subsection (a)
and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 1060, 29
U.S.C. ยง 201 et seq.) .
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Section 2. Section 14.1 of the act is repealed: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 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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