REFERENCE TITLE: minimum wage increase

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

2023

HB 2127

Introduced by

Representatives Salman: Aguilar, De Los Santos, Gutierrez, Ortiz, Stahl Hamilton

An Act

amending section 23-363, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the minimum wage.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Subject to the requirements of article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, section 23-363, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE23-363. Minimum wage

A. Employers shall pay employees no not less than the minimum wage, which shall be not less than at least:

1. $10 per hour on and after January 1, 2017.

2. $10.50 per hour on and after January 1, 2018.

3. $11 per hour on and after January 1, 2019.

4. $12 per hour on and after January 1, 2020.

5. $15 per hour on and after January 1, 2024.

B. The minimum wage shall be increased on January 1, 2021 2025 and on January 1 of successive years,  by 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 (all urban consumers, U.S. United States city average for all items) or its successor index as published by the U.S. United States department of labor or its successor agency, with the amount of the minimum wage increase rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents $.05.

C. For any employee who customarily and regularly receives tips or gratuities from patrons or others, the employer may pay a wage up to $3.00 per hour less than the minimum wage if the employer can establish by its records of charged tips or by the employee's declaration for federal insurance contributions act (FICA) purposes that for each week, when adding tips received to wages paid, the employee received not less than  at least the minimum wage for all hours worked. Compliance with this provision will be this subsection is determined by averaging tips received by the employee over the course of the employer's payroll period or any other period selected by the employer that complies with regulations adopted by the commission. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Requirements for enactment; three-fourths vote

Pursuant to article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, section 23-363, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, is effective only on the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each house of the legislature.