DELAWARE STATE SENATE

149th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 10

AMEND Senate Bill No. 10 by deleting lines 3 through 24 and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

§ 902 Minimum wage rate [For current federal minimum wage, see 29 U.S.C. § 206(a)(1)(A)]

(a) Except as may otherwise be provided under this chapter, every employer shall pay to every employee in any occupation wages of a rate:

  (1) Not less than $7.75 per hour effective June 1, 2014; and

(2) Not less than $8.25 per hour effective June 1, 2015 . ;

(3) Not less than $8.75 per hour effective October 1, 2018; and

(4) Not less than $9.25 per hour effective October 1, 2019.

Upon the establishment of a federal minimum wage in excess of the state minimum wage, the minimum wage in this State shall be equal in amount to the federal minimum wage, except as may otherwise be provided under this chapter.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment deletes the proposed minimum wage increases in Senate Bill No. 10, including the cost of living adjustments. Instead, the amendment creates a two-step increase in the minimum wage from $8.25 per hour to $8.75 per hour effective October 1, 2018, and to $9.25 per hour effective October 1, 2019.

Author: Senator Marshall