CS/HB 221: Minimum Wage Requirements
GENERAL BILL by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee ; Chamberlin
Minimum Wage Requirements; Exempts employer from state minimum wage requirements for specified employees; prohibits certain work-based learning opportunities from lasting longer than specified timeframe; authorizes employees to voluntarily opt out of state minimum wage requirements by signing waiver; prohibits employer from coercing employee into opting out of state minimum wage; provides requirements for waiver to be effective for minor employee; requires employers to pay employee at or above federal minimum wage; requires employee to be paid at or above state minimum wage at expiration of work-based learning opportunity.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 10/17/2025 House • Filed
10/28/2025 House • Referred to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
• Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Now in Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
1/13/2026 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/26/2026 House • Added to Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee agenda
1/28/2026 House • Favorable with CS by Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
• Reported out of Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
1/29/2026 House • Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2/2/2026 House • Added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda
2/4/2026 House • Favorable by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
• Reported out of Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
• Now in Commerce Committee
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CS/HB 221, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/28/2026 at 6:02 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Careers & Workforce Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/4/2026 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1412 Minimum Wage Requirements Martin Similar Last Action: 1/22/2026 S Introduced 
Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 448.110 State minimum wage; annual wage adjustment; enforcement. Page 1 (pdf) -
HB 221, Original Filed Version Posted 10/17/2025 at 12:19 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/28/2026 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1412 Minimum Wage Requirements Martin Identical Last Action: 1/22/2026 S Introduced
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 329405 - Amendment
Remove lines 36-62 and insert:Chamberlin 1/26/2026
5:22 PMAdopted
1/28/2026PDF Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 448.110 State minimum wage; annual wage adjustment; enforcement. Page 1 (pdf)