Arizona HCR 2021: minimum wage; increase; definitions

Bill Text

HCR2021 - 572R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: minimum wage; increase; definitions

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HCR 2021

 Introduced by 

 Representatives 
 Sandoval: Abeytia, Aguilar, Austin, Blattman, Connolly, Crews, Liguori, 
 Luna-N�jera, M�rquez, Mathis, Peshlakai, Stahl Hamilton, Tsosie, Villegas;� 
 Senators Alston, Epstein, Gabald�n, Kuby, Ortiz

A 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

exacting and ordering the submission to 
the people of a measure relating to minimum wage. 

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Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of 
Arizona, the Senate concurring:

1. Under the power of the referendum, as vested in 
the Legislature, the following measure, relating to the minimum wage, is 
enacted to become valid as a law if approved by the voters and on proclamation 
of the Governor:

AN ACT

Amending section 23-363, 
arizona revised statutes; relating to the minimum wage.

Be it enacted by the legislature of 
the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 23-363, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE23-363. Minimum wage

A. Employers shall pay employees no 
less than at least the minimum wage, which shall 
be not less than: 

1. $10 on and after January 1, 2017.

2. $10.50 on and after January 1, 
2018.

3. $11 on and after January 1, 2019.

4. $12 $18 per 
hour on and after January 1, 2020 
2027.

B. The minimum wage shall be increased on January 
1, 2021 2028 and on January 1 of 
successive years, by the increase in the cost of living as 
described in subsection c of this section. 

C. The increase in the cost 
of living shall be measured by the percentage increase as of August of the 
immediately preceding year over the level as of August of the previous year of 
the consumer price index (all urban consumers, U.S. united states city average for all items) or its successor 
index as published by the U.S. united 
states department of labor or its successor agency, with the amount of 
the minimum wage increase rounded to the nearest multiple of five 
cents $0.05.� if the change in the 
cost of living as measured in this subsection is negative, the minimum wage 
will remain unchanged for that year.

C. For any employee who customarily 
and regularly receives tips or gratuities from patrons or others, the employer 
may pay a wage up to $3.00 per hour less than the minimum wage if the employer 
can establish by its records of charged tips or by the employee's declaration 
for federal insurance contributions act (FICA) purposes that for each week, 
when adding tips received to wages paid, the employee received not less than 
the minimum wage for all hours worked.� Compliance with this provision will be 
determined by averaging tips received by the employee over the course of the 
employer's payroll period or any other period selected by the employer that 
complies with regulations adopted by the commission.

D. On or after January 1, 2030, an 
employer shall pay an employee the minimum wage regardless of whether the 
employee customarily and regularly receives tips or gratuities from patrons or 
others. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Conflicts with 
federal law

This statute shall not be 
interpretated or applied so as to create any power or duty in conflict with 
federal law.

Sec. 3. Severability

If a provision of this act or its 
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does 
not affect other provisions of applications of the act that can be given effect 
without the invalid provision of application, and to this end the provisions of 
this act are severable.

Sec. 4. Short title

This act may be cited as the 
"One Fair Wage Act".

2. The secretary of state 
shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as 
provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.