Bill Text: TX HJR80 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an increased minimum wage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Referred to International Relations & Economic Development [HJR80 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HJR80-Introduced.html
  86R10763 LED-F
 
  By: Goodwin H.J.R. No. 80
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an increased
  minimum wage.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
  adding Section 29 to read as follows:
         Sec. 29.  (a)  An employer in this state shall pay to an
  employee for services performed by the 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)  Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:
               (1)  wages paid to an individual to whom Section
  62.057, Labor Code, applies, as that section existed on January 1,
  2020; or
               (2)  an employer to which an exemption under Subchapter
  D, Chapter 62, Labor Code, applies, as that subchapter existed on
  January 1, 2020.
         (c)  The legislature by general law may repeal or otherwise
  limit but may not expand the applicability of Section 62.057, Labor
  Code, or an exemption under Subchapter D, Chapter 62, Labor Code,
  that is in effect on January 1, 2020.
         (d)  This subsection applies to wages paid by an employer for
  the 2020 and 2021 calendar years. Subsection (a) of this section
  does not apply in a year to which this subsection applies. Except
  as provided by Section 62.057, Labor Code:
               (1)  for the 2020 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
               (2)  for the 2021 calendar year, an employer shall pay
  to each employee not less than the greater of:
                     (A)  $12.50 an hour; or
                     (B)  the federal minimum wage under Section 6,
  Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206).
         (e)  This section takes effect January 1, 2020.
         (f)  Subsections (d) and (e) of this section and this
  subsection expire January 1, 2022.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment establishing a minimum
  wage of the greater of $15 an hour or the federal minimum wage."
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