HB394: HB394 Labor and industrial relations; minimum wage for certain state employees; increase

25 LC 52 0730 House Bill 394 By: Representatives McClain of the 109th, Hugley of the 141st, Alexander of the 66th, Jones of the 60th, Jackson of the 68th, and others A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to1 minimum wage law, so as to increase the minimum wage for certain employees and eligible2 full-time state employees; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal3 conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 SECTION 1.6 Chapter 4 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to minimum wage7 law, is amended in Code Section 34-4-3, relating to amount of minimum wage to be paid by8 employers and employers and employees covered by the chapter, by revising subsection (a)9 as follows:10 "(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, every employer, whether a person,11 firm, or corporation, shall pay to all covered employees a minimum wage which shall be12 not less than $5.15 $15.00 per hour for each hour worked in the employment of such13 employer."14 H. B. 394 - 1 - 25 LC 52 0730 SECTION 2.15 Said chapter is further amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:16 "34-4-3.2.17 (a) As used in this Code section, the term:18 (1) 'Eligible full-time state employee' means a full-time state employee who is paid on19 an hourly basis for actual hours worked.20 (2) 'Full-time state employee' means an individual who works at least 30 hours per week,21 whose employment is intended to be continuing in nature, and wh o receives his or her22 compensation in a direct payment from a state agency.23 (3) 'State agency' means any department, agency, commission, or any other institution24 of the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of the government of this state. Such25 term shall not include the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.26 (b) Beginning January 1, 2026, all eligible full-time state em ployees shall be paid a27 minimum wage of not less than $15.00 per hour."28 SECTION 3.29 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.30 H. B. 394 - 2 -