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