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IN HB1145

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/7/2019

Primary Sponsor

Edward DeLaney

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Increases Indiana's state wage floor from $7.25 to $15 per hour for employees, effective July 1, 2019
  • Renames the "Minimum Wage Law of 1965" to the "Living Wage Law of 1965" and replaces all statutory references to "minimum wage" with "living wage" throughout Indiana Code
  • Requires employers subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act to pay the higher state living wage if it exceeds the federal minimum wage
  • Applies to employers with at least two employees during a work week, maintaining existing exemptions for agricultural workers, students, certain commissioned employees, and others
  • Directs the legislative services agency to prepare conforming legislation for the 2020 session to align all statutory language with the new terminology

Legislative Description

Living wage. Replaces all references to the state minimum wage with "living wage". After June 30, 2019, increases the living wage paid to certain employees from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions

1/7/2019

Committee Referrals

Employment, Labor and Pensions1/7/2019

Full Bill Text

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