PennsylvaniaBill would list future minimum wages and yearly price adjustments
If enacted, employers would follow listed future minimum wage rates, with limited rules for counting tips and paying some young new workers a training wage.
What it does
The text lists minimum wages of $11 an hour in 2027, $13 in 2028, and $15 in 2029. Starting in 2030, the rate would rise each year with prices.
For tipped workers, employers could count tips toward the minimum wage only if they pay a cash wage of at least 60% of that rate and follow rules for informing workers and handling tips.
Employers could pay a worker under 20 a training wage for the first 60 days, at no less than the federal minimum wage. They could not use it to displace existing workers.
Argument forWorkers earning the minimum could receive higher pay over time as the listed rates rise and later adjust with prices.
Argument againstHigher wage floors could raise payroll costs for employers, especially as yearly increases track prices.
More detail
Employers would have to pay at least the listed minimum wage. The schedule covers employees, subject to exceptions elsewhere in the Minimum Wage Act. The listed rates begin January 1 of each year. Annual price adjustments would begin January 1, 2030.
Employers could count some tips toward the minimum wage owed to tipped employees. This rule concerns employees who receive tips and the hourly minimum wage their employers must pay. The employer-paid cash wage must be at least 60% of the minimum wage. Tips counted toward the remaining amount cannot exceed the tips the employee actually receives. Employers must tell workers about this rule. Workers must keep their tips, though customary tip sharing among workers who regularly receive tips is allowed.
Employers could pay a training wage during an eligible new employee’s first 60 days. This option applies when an employer initially hires an employee under age 20. The employer must tell the employee the training wage amount and that the full minimum wage, or a higher wage, follows the training period. Employers may not reduce existing workers’ hours, wages, or benefits, or otherwise displace them, to hire people at the training wage. The 60-day period starts when the employee is initially hired.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Sep 30Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration of this bill presentedLatest
- Sep 29Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration of this bill dropped from calendar
- Jun 10Resolution to discharge committee from further consideration of this bill presented
- Mar 30Referred to Labor & IndustryMinor
- Mar 24Third consideration and final passagePassed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 23Re-reported as amendedMajor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Appropriations): Adopt Amendment A02714. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 23Amended in House Committee on Appropriations
- Feb 4Re-committed to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded A2474. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded A2446. Result: fail.Lower
- Feb 4Second considerationMinor
- Feb 3Removed from table
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Labor & Industry): Adopt Typewritten Amendment. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Labor & Industry): Adopt Typewritten Amendment. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Labor & Industry): Report Bill As Committed. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Laid on the table
- Feb 3First considerationMinor
- Feb 3Reported as committedMinor
- Feb 2Referred to Labor & IndustryIntroduced
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