FIFTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2019

March 12, 2019

Mr. Speaker:

    Your LABOR, VETERANS & MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

SENATE CORPORATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 437

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

1. On page 3, strike lines 11 and 12 in their entirety.

     2. Renumber the succeeding paragraphs accordingly.

     3. On page 6, lines 8 through 22, strike Subsection A in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

          "A. Except as provided in Subsection B or C of this section, an employer shall pay to an employee a minimum wage rate of:

                (1) prior to January 1, 2020, at least seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) an hour;

                (2) beginning January 1, 2020 and prior to January 1, 2021, at least ten dollars ($10.00) an hour;

                (3) beginning January 1, 2021 and prior to January 1, 2022, at least eleven dollars ($11.00) an hour; and

                (4) on and after January 1, 2022, at least twelve dollars ($12.00) an hour.

          B. Beginning January 1, 2023 and on January 1 of each successive year, the minimum wage rate provided in Subsection A of this section shall be increased by the lesser of three percent or the increase in the cost of living. The increase in the cost of living shall be measured by the percentage increase as of August of the immediately preceding year over the level as of August of the previous year of the consumer price index for all urban consumers, United States city average for all items, or its successor index, as published by the United States department of labor or its successor agency, with the amount of the minimum wage rate increase rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents ($.05); however, the minimum wage rate shall not be adjusted downward as a result of a decrease in the cost of living. The workforce solutions department shall publish by October 1 of each year the adjusted minimum wage rates that shall take effect the following January 1.".

     4. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.

     5. On page 6, line 23, strike "October 1, 2019" and insert in lieu thereof "January 1, 2020".

     6. On page 7, line 3, strike "D" and insert in lieu thereof "E".

     7. On page 7, line 6, strike "E" and insert in lieu thereof "F".

     8. On page 7, line 15, strike "as follows:", strike lines 16 through 22 in their entirety and on line 23, strike "(4) the" and insert in lieu thereof "that is thirty percent of the minimum hourly wage rate provided in Subsection A of this section at the time the hours were worked in addition to tips received. The".

     9. On page 8, line 4, strike "employees" and insert in lieu thereof "wait staff".