Bill Text: TX HB3922 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the minimum wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to International Relations & Economic Development [HB3922 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3922-Introduced.html
By: Martinez Fischer | H.B. No. 3922 |
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relating to the minimum wage. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 62.051, Labor Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 62.051. MINIMUM WAGE. (a) Except as provided by | ||
Section 62.057, an employer shall pay to each employee not less | ||
than the greater of: | ||
(1) $15 an hour; or | ||
(2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair | ||
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). | ||
(b) This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for | ||
the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 calendar years. Subsection (a) | ||
does not apply in a year to which this subsection applies. Except | ||
as provided by Section 62.057: | ||
(1) for the 2020 calendar year, an employer shall pay | ||
to each employee not less than the greater of: | ||
(A) $9.25 an hour; or | ||
(B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, | ||
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206); and | ||
(2) for the 2021 calendar year, an employer shall pay | ||
to each employee not less than the greater of: | ||
(A) $10 an hour; or | ||
(B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, | ||
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206); and | ||
(3) for the 2022 calendar year, an employer shall pay | ||
to each employee not less than the greater of: | ||
(A) $12 an hour; or | ||
(B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, | ||
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206); and | ||
(4) for the 2023 calendar year, an employer shall pay | ||
to each employee not less than the greater of: | ||
(A) $13 an hour; or | ||
(B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, | ||
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206); and | ||
(5) for the 2024 calendar year, an employer shall pay | ||
to each employee not less than the greater of: | ||
(A) $14 an hour; or | ||
(B) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, | ||
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). | ||
(c) Subsection (b) and this subsection expire January 1, | ||
2025. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 62.151, Labor Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. |