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PA HB23
Bill
Status
10/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Christopher Rabb
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AI Summary
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Raises Pennsylvania's minimum wage to $15 per hour beginning July 1, 2026, with $1 annual increases thereafter until reaching a living wage for a household of two adults and two children, then indexed to Consumer Price Index (CPI-U)
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Abolishes the $2.83 sub-minimum cash wage for tipped employees, requiring gratuities be paid in addition to full minimum wage and prohibiting employers from keeping, diverting, or crediting tips against wages
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Expands minimum wage coverage to previously excluded workers including domestic workers, agricultural workers, incarcerated workers in work programs, workers with disabilities, minors, and marketplace platform/gig workers
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Requires employers to provide itemized pay statements showing hours worked, pay rates, deductions, and gratuities; credit card tips must be remitted in full without processing fee deductions by the next regular payday
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Repeals state preemption of local minimum wage ordinances, allowing municipalities to set their own wage standards
Legislative Description
Further providing for definitions and for minimum wages; providing for eligibility and coverage; further providing for exemptions, for duty of employer, for enforcement and rules and regulations and for civil actions; and repealing provisions relating to preemption.
Last Action
Referred to Labor & Industry
10/10/2025