Bill > HB524

This bill, known as the "Fair Minimum Wage Act," proposes to establish a state minimum wage of $15.00 per hour for all employees, with provisions for annual adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) starting in 2026, and it explicitly states that tips and commissions cannot be counted towards this minimum wage. The bill also brings forward and potentially amends several existing sections of Mississippi Code of 1972, including those related to paid internships for accounting students, prohibitions on local governments setting minimum wage rates, poll manager training compensation, salary increase recommendations, school employee leave policies, definitions related to human trafficking, and the conditions under which a defendant can be imprisoned for failure to pay fines, with the latter specifying that any work performed for a fine must be compensated at a rate no lower than the federal minimum wage.

Labor and Employment

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB0524.xml