LAWS OF DELAWARE

VOLUME 81

CHAPTER 301

149th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 170

AS AMENDED BY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MINIMUM WAGE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend §902, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 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;

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

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

(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.

Approved July 1, 2018