HB 2585

                                                PRINTER'S NO.     3495
                THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                    HOUSE BILL
                    No. 2585
                                          Session of
                                            2026
INTRODUCED BY DOUGHERTY, PROBST, WAXMAN, GIRAL, GALLAGHER,
   GUZMAN, FIEDLER, OTTEN, HOHENSTEIN, MAZZOCCO, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
   RIVERA, INGLIS, NEILSON, SANCHEZ, CURRY AND FLEMING,
   JUNE 1, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JUNE 2, 2026
                               AN ACT
1 Amending the act of January 17, 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), entitled
2    "An act establishing a fixed minimum wage and overtime rates
3    for employes, with certain exceptions; providing for minimum
4    rates for learners and apprentices; creating a Minimum Wage
5    Advisory Board and defining its powers and duties; conferring
6    powers and imposing duties upon the Department of Labor and
7    Industry; imposing duties on employers; and providing
8    penalties," further providing for minimum wages.
9    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11    Section 1.    Section 4(d) and (e) of the act of January 17,
12 1968 (P.L.11, No.5), known as The Minimum Wage Act of 1968, are
13 amended to read:
14    Section 4.    Minimum Wages.--Except as may otherwise be
15 provided under this act:
16    * * *
17    [(d)    An employe whose earning capacity is impaired by
18 physical or mental deficiency or injury may be paid less than
19 the applicable minimum wage if either a license specifying a
20 wage rate commensurate with the employe's productive capacity
1 has been obtained by the employer from the secretary or a
2 Federal certificate is obtained under section 14(c) of the Fair
3 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et
4 seq.). A license obtained from the secretary shall be granted
5 only upon joint application of employer and employe.]
6    (e)   In lieu of the minimum wage prescribed in subsection (a)
7 and section 5(c) and notwithstanding [subsections (b) and (d),]
8 subsection (b), an employer may, during the first sixty calendar
9 days when an employe under the age of twenty years is initially
10 employed, pay the employe training wages at a rate of not less
11 than the minimum wage set forth in section 6(a) of the Fair
12 Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 206(a)). A person employed at
13 the training wage under this subsection shall be informed of the
14 amount of the training wage and the right to receive the full
15 minimum wage, or a higher wage, upon completion of the training
16 period. No employer may take any action to displace existing
17 employes, including partial displacements such as reduction in
18 the hours, wages or employment benefits of existing employes,
19 for purposes of hiring individuals at the training wage
20 authorized by this subsection.
21    Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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