Siegel releases statement on the passage of minimum wage bill

Northeast Delegation    June 23, 2023 | 4:21 PM

HARRISBURG, June 23 – State Rep. Josh Siegel released a statement on the passage of H.B. 1500 – a minimum wage bill – in the House this week:

“For the longest time, workers in Pennsylvania have felt disenfranchised because of their wages staying the same despite every state around them raising their minimum wage.

“This week, my colleagues and I voted to get one step closer to making our workers feel heard with passage of H.B. 1500, a bill that would finally pay Pennsylvania workers a living wage. Now I urge my colleagues in the Senate to recognize workers like the House did and send this bill to the governor’s desk.”

This legislation would increase the minimum wage in Pennsylvania to:

  • $11 per hour on January 1, 2024.
  • $13 per hour on January 1, 2025.
  • $15 per hour on January 1, 2026.

There would be annual cost-of-living increases beginning in 2027. The bill also would set the minimum wage for tipped workers at 60 percent of the hourly minimum wage – which has been stuck at $2.83 per hour since the 20th century.