Amendment H-8425 to HF 2772
Relating to and making appropriations for the economic development of the state, including to the economic development authority, Iowa finance authority, department of workforce development, and state board of regents and certain regents institutions, and codifying the housing renewal program
Ruled not germane · April 28, 2026
Filed April 28, 2026 in the House by
What it changes
- Page 19, after line 15 by inserting: “DIVISION ___ STATE MINIMUM HOURLY WAGE Sec. ___. Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraphs a and d, Code 2026, are amended to read as follows: a. (1) The state hourly wage shall be at least $6.20 as of April 1, 2007, and $7.25 as of January 1, 2008 $10.00 as of July 1, 2026, $12.50 as of July 1, 2027, and $15.00 as of July 1, 2028 . (2) The state hourly wage, including the state hourly wage for the first ninety calendar days of employment provided in paragraph “d” , shall be increased annually on July 1, beginning July 1, 2029, by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase, if any, in federal social security benefits authorized during the previous state fiscal year by the federal social security administration pursuant to section 215 of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §415. In no case shall the state hourly wage be decreased. d. An employer is not required to pay an employee the applicable state hourly wage provided in paragraph “a” until the employee has completed ninety calendar days of employment with the employer. An employer shall pay an employee who has not completed ninety calendar days of employment with the employer an hourly wage of at least $5.30 as of April 1, 2007, and $6.35 as of January 1, 2008 , $9.10 as of July 1, 2026, $11.60 as of July 1, 2027, and $14.10 as of July 1, 2028 . Sec. ___. Section 91D.1, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 2026, is amended by striking the paragraph. Sec. ___. Section 91D.1, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . e. A county or city may establish a minimum wage that exceeds the state hourly wage and the federal minimum wage.”
- Title page, by striking lines 5 and 6 and inserting “certain regents institutions; codifying the housing renewal program; and increasing the state minimum hourly wage.”
- By renumbering as necessary.