HB 1549 — An Act amending the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, further providing for definitions, for minimum wages and for exemptions.

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15491881 2025THE INTRODUCEDGENERAL BYASSEMBLY DAWKINS,OF JUNEPENNSYLVANIA 3,HOUSE 2025BILL REFERREDSession TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JUNE 3, 2025 AN ACT Amending the act of JanuaryNo. 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), entitled for employes, with certain exceptions;

1549 2025 INTRODUCED BY DAWKINS, KHAN AND TAKAC, JUNE 3, 2025 AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 10, 2025 AN ACT Ame"An act establishing a fixed minimum wage and overtime rates for employes, with certain exceptions;

The additional amount on account of tips may not exceed the 20250HB1549PN1881 - 2 - value of tips actually received by the employe.

The previous 20250HB1549PN1826 - 2 - sentence shall not apply with respect to any tipped employe unless:

(6) Five dollars fifteen cents ($5.15) an hour beginning 20250HB1549PN1881 - 3 - September 1, 1997.

20250HB1549PN1826 - 3 - (7) Six dollars twenty-five cents ($6.25) an hour beginning January 1, 2007.

(ii) Beginning January 1, 2027,2027 2029, and each January 1 <-- thereafter, the minimum wage for employes who are employed by an employer in a county of the first class shall be increased by an annual cost-of-living adjustment calculated by the secretary using the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area.

(10) For employes who are employed by an employer in a county of the second class, second class A oror, third class:class:, <-- FOURTH CLASS, IF THE COUNTY OF THE FOURTH CLASS HAS A POPULATION BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY- NINE THOUSAND OR BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND TWO 20250HB1549PN1881 - 4 - HUNDRED FIFTY AND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED, BASED ON THE 2020 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, OR SIXTH CLASS, IF THE COUNTY OF THE SIXTH CLASS HAS A POPULATION BETWEEN FIFTY- SEVEN THOUSAND AND FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND, BASED ON THE 2020 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS:

(i) Eleven dollars ($11) TWELVE DOLLARS ($12) an hour <-- beginning January 1, 2026.

(iii) Fifteen dollars ($15) an hour beginning January 1, 20250HB1549PN1826 - 4 - 2028.

(iv) Beginning January 1, 2029, and each January 1 thereafter, the minimum wage for employes who are employed by an employer in a county of the second class, second class A oror, <-- third classclass, FOURTH CLASS, IF THE COUNTY OF THE FOURTH CLASS HAS <-- A POPULATION BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND OR BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY AND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED, BASED ON THE 2020 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, OR SIXTH CLASS, IF THE COUNTY OF THE SIXTH CLASS HAS A POPULATION OF BETWEEN FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND AND FIFTY-NINE THOUSAND, BASED ON THE 2020 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, shall be increased by an annual cost-of-living adjustment calculated by the secretary using the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-(CPI-U) U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area.

At least sixty days prior to the date the adjustment is due to take effect, the 20250HB1549PN1881 - 5 - percentage increase and the minimum wage amount, rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents (5¢), shall be determined by the secretary.

(11) For employes who are employed by an employer in a county of the fourth class, OTHER THAN A COUNTY OF THE FOURTH <-- CLASS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (10), fifth class, sixth class, OTHER THAN A COUNTY OF THE SIXTH CLASS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH <-- (10), seventh class or eighth class:

(iv) Beginning January 1, 2029, and each January 1 thereafter, the minimum wage for employes who are employed by an employer in a county of the fourth class, OTHER THAN A COUNTY OF <-- THE FOURTH CLASS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (10), fifth class, sixth class, OTHER THAN A COUNTY OF THE SIXTH CLASS DESCRIBED IN <-- PARAGRAPH (10), seventh class or eighth class shall be increased by an 20250HB1549PN1826 - 5 - annual cost-of-living adjustment calculated by the secretary using the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area.

At least sixty days prior to the date the adjustment is due to take effect, the percentage increase and the minimum wage 20250HB1549PN1881 - 6 - amount, rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents (5¢), shall be determined by the secretary.

20250HB1549PN1826 - 6 - Section 5.

20250HB1549PN1881 - 7 - (ii) Six dollars sixty-five cents ($6.65) an hour beginning July 1, 2007.

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