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DE SB10

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/12/2017

Primary Sponsor

Robert Marshall

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Origin

Senate

149th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Increases Delaware's minimum wage from $8.25 per hour (effective June 1, 2015) to $10.25 per hour through annual 50-cent increases: $8.75 (October 1, 2017), $9.25 (October 1, 2018), $9.75 (October 1, 2019), and $10.25 (October 1, 2020).

  • Establishes automatic cost-of-living adjustments to the minimum wage after October 1, 2020, based on the federal Social Security Act adjustment percentage, with employers required to implement increases within 90 days of federal Social Security benefit increases.

  • Requires employers to pay the federal minimum wage if it exceeds Delaware's state minimum wage, and mandates cost-of-living adjustments in years when the federal minimum wage does not increase.

  • Makes technical corrections to existing minimum wage law regarding the state's deference to federal minimum wage standards.

Legislative Description

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Minimum Wage.

Last Action

Defeated By Senate. Votes: 10 YES 9 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT

3/20/2018

Committee Referrals

Labor1/12/2017

Full Bill Text

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