HB 2312

                                                 PRINTER'S NO.   3071
                 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                     HOUSE BILL
                     No. 2312
                                           Session of
                                             2026
 INTRODUCED BY KINKEAD, GREEN, WAXMAN, SHUSTERMAN, RIVERA,
    PROBST, RABB, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, PIELLI, MAYES, D. WILLIAMS AND
    CIRESI, MARCH 23, 2026
 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, MARCH 24, 2026
                                AN ACT
1 Amending the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), entitled
2    "An act establishing a fixed minimum wage and overtime rates
3    for employes, with certain exceptions; providing for minimum
4    rates for learners and apprentices; creating a Minimum Wage
5    Advisory Board and defining its powers and duties; conferring
6    powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Labor and
7    Industry; imposing duties on employers; and providing
8    penalties," further providing for minimum wages.
9    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11    Section 1.    Section 4 of the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11,
12 No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, is amended by
13 adding a subsection to read:
14    Section 4.    Minimum Wages.--Except as may otherwise be
15 provided under this act:
16    * * *
17    (a.2)   Beginning December 1, 2026, and each December 1
18 thereafter, the minimum wage required under this section shall
19 be increased by the same percentage calculated for the annual
20 cost-of-living adjustment to the salary of members of the
1 General Assembly under section 4(d)(1) of the act of September
2 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39), known as the Public Official
3 Compensation Law.
4    * * *
5    Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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