HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1191
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Hawaii has some of the highest costs of living in the country. This disproportionately impacts lower wage earners in the State and imposes significant hardship.

The purpose of this Act is to increase the minimum wage to combat rising wage disparity and also incentivize greater provision of healthcare to lower wage employees by their employers.

SECTION 2. Section 387-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§387-2 Minimum wages. (a) Except as provided in section 387‑9 and this section, every employer shall pay to each employee employed by the employer, wages at the rate of not less than:

(1) $6.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2003;

(2) $6.75 per hour beginning January 1, 2006;

(3) $7.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2007;

(4) $7.75 per hour beginning January 1, 2015;

(5) $8.50 per hour beginning January 1, 2016;

(6) $9.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2017; [and]

(7) $10.10 per hour beginning January 1, 2018[.];

(8) $11.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2020;

(9) $12.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2021;

(10) $13.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2022;

(11) $14.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2023; and

(12) $15.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2024.

(b) The hourly wage of a tipped employee may be deemed to be increased on account of tips if the employee is paid not less than:

(1) 25 cents;

(2) 50 cents per hour beginning January 1, 2015; and

(3) 75 cents per hour beginning January 1, 2016,

below the applicable minimum wage by the employee's employer and the combined amount the employee receives from the employee's employer and in tips is at least 50 cents more than the applicable minimum wage; provided that beginning January 1, 2015, the combined amount the employee receives from the employee's employer and in tips is at least $7.00 more than the applicable minimum wage.

(c) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (a), an employer that is required to provide health care coverage to any employee by a prepaid group health care plan pursuant to section 393-11 shall pay each employee who actually receives coverage under the employer's plan a wage at a rate not less than:

(1) $10.50 per hour beginning January 1, 2020;

(2) $11.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2021;

(3) $11.50 per hour beginning January 1, 2022;

(4) $12.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2023; and

(5) $12.50 per hour beginning January 1, 2024."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Minimum Wage; Employment

Description:

Increases minimum wage rates annually from January 1, 2020 through January 1, 2024. Provides lower minimum wage rates for employees who receive employer-sponsored health benefits under the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act. (HB1191 HD1)

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