Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0826 Compare Versions

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9	9	S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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14	14	A N A C T
15	15	RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES
16	16	Introduced By: Senator Tiara T. Mack
17	17	Date Introduced: March 23, 2023
18	18	Referred To: Senate Labor
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21	21	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
22	22	SECTION 1. Section 28-12-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-12 entitled "Minimum 1
23	23	Wages" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
24	24	28-12-3. Minimum wages. 3
25	25	(a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees: commencing July 1, 1999, 4
26	26	at least the minimum wage of five dollars and sixty-five cents ($5.65) per hour. Commencing 5
27	27	September 1, 2000, the minimum wage is six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour. 6
28	28	(b) Commencing January 1, 2004, the minimum wage is six dollars and seventy-five cents 7
29	29	($6.75) per hour. 8
30	30	(c) Commencing March 1, 2006, the minimum wage is seven dollars and ten cents ($7.10) 9
31	31	per hour. 10
32	32	(d) Commencing January 1, 2007, the minimum wage is seven dollars and forty cents 11
33	33	($7.40) per hour. 12
34	34	(e) Commencing January 1, 2013, the minimum wage is seven dollars and seventy-five 13
35	35	cents ($7.75) per hour. 14
36	36	(f) Commencing January 1, 2014, the minimum wage is eight dollars ($8.00) per hour. 15
37	37	(g) Commencing January 1, 2015, the minimum wage is nine dollars ($9.00) per hour. 16
38	38	(h) Commencing January 1, 2016, the minimum wage is nine dollars and sixty cents ($9.60) 17
39	39	per hour. 18
40	40	(i) Commencing January 1, 2018, the minimum wage is ten dollars and ten cents ($10.10) 19
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44	44	per hour. 1
45	45	(j) Commencing January 1, 2019, the minimum wage is ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) 2
46	46	per hour. 3
47	47	(k) Commencing October 1, 2020, the minimum wage is eleven dollars and fifty cents 4
48	48	($11.50) per hour. 5
49	49	(l) Commencing January 1, 2022, the minimum wage is twelve dollars and twenty-five 6
50	50	cents ($12.25) per hour. 7
51	51	(m) Commencing January 1, 2023, the minimum wage is thirteen dollars ($13.00) per hour. 8
52	52	(n) Commencing January 1, 2024, the minimum wage is fourteen dollars ($14.00) per hour. 9
53	53	(o) Commencing January 1, 2025, the minimum wage is fifteen dollars ($15.00) fifteen 10
54	54	dollars and fifty cents ($15.50) per hour. 11
55	55	(p) Commencing January 1, 2026, the minimum wage is seventeen dollars ($17.00) per 12
56	56	hour. 13
57	57	(q) Commencing January 1, 2027, the minimum wage is eighteen dollars and fifty cents 14
58	58	($18.50) per hour. 15
59	59	(r) Commencing January 1, 2028, the minimum wage is twenty dollars ($20.00) per hour. 16
60	60	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 17
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67	67	EXPLANATION
68	68	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
69	69	OF
70	70	A N A C T
71	71	RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES
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73	73	This act would raise the minimum wage for the years 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 to fifteen 1
74	74	dollars and fifty cents ($15.50), seventeen dollars ($17.00), eighteen dollars and fifty cents 2
75	75	($18.50), and twenty dollars ($20.00) per hour, respectively. 3
76	76	This act would take effect upon passage. 4
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