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HB1500: Increasing the Minimum Wage

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This legislation will increase the minimum wage in Pennsylvania to:
$11.00 per hour effective January 1, 2024
$13.00 per hour effective January 1, 2025
$15.00 per hour effective January 1, 2026
Beginning January 1, 2027, and each January 1 thereafter, the minimum wage 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.

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Actions

  • PN 1534 Referred to House Labor & Industry Committee June 12, 2023
  • Reported as committed June 13, 2023; First Consideration
  • Re-Committed to House Rules Committee June 13, 2023
  • Re-Reported as committed June 14, 2023; Second Consideration
  • Re-committed to House Appropriations Committee June 14, 2023
  • Amended in House Appropriations Committee June 20, 2023 – PN 1615
  • PN 1615 Re-reported as amended June 20, 2023
  • Third consideration and final passage in House, June 20, 2023 (103-100)
  • Referred to Senate Labor and Industry Committee, July 5, 2023