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The argument against the minimum wage hike was that it would hit small businesses hard. But supporters said paying people more will allow them to put more money back into the economy.
After months of back and forth, the state House and Senate reached an agreement on the $18 minimum hourly wage in a conference committee session Friday.
Advocates say an $18 minimum wage translates to $16,000 more in annual earnings for minimum wage workers. Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage of $10.10 has not increased since 2018.
In the conference committee Friday, the Senate’s latest draft was approved. Boosting the current minimum wage from $10.10 to $12 an hour starting Oct. 1, 2022 then increasing it to $14 in 2024, $16 in 2026, and $18 in 2028.
Hawaiʻi Appleseed Executive Director Gavin Thornton said this is a historic moment and "huge leap" in making Hawai’i’s wage livable.
House Bill 2510 also makes a state earned income tax credit refundable.
Earlier today, a conference committee voted to approve a measure that would incrementally increase the minimum wage to $18 by 2028, make permanent a refundable earned income tax credit (EITC) and incrementally increase the State’s tip credit.
A Hawaiʻi legislative conference committee on Friday afternoon agreed on amendments to the minimum wage bill, which would raise Hawaiʻi's minimum wage to $12 an hour this October and eventually to $18 an hour in 2028.
A committee of Hawaiʻi senators and representatives on Friday agreed on legislation that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2028.
