Rep. Bridget M. Kosierowski June 20, 2023 | 6:18 PM
HARRISBURG, June 20 – State Rep. Bridget M. Kosierowski offered the following statement about today’s House of Representatives passage of legislation that would increase Pennsylvania’s minimum wage.
“Every state surrounding Pennsylvania has a higher minimum wage than we do. It is past time for us to help thousands of Lackawanna County workers and today we took a step in that direction. I was glad to vote for this incremental increase that would help us get to a reasonable wage and provide a mechanism for future increases to keep up with inflation,” said Kosierowski, D-Lackawanna.
House Bill 1500 would raise the minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $11 per hour in January 2024. Further increases would be scheduled to $13 per hour in 2025 and $15 per hour in 2026. Beginning in 2027, future minimum wage increases would be calculated annually according to the Consumer Price Index for Pennsylvania, rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.
The bill heads to the state Senate for consideration.
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