Hawaii Senate Proposes $12 Minimum Wage By 2022 - Honolulu Civil Beat Hawaii Senate Proposes $12 Minimum Wage By 2022 The measure has received pushback from the local business community, which is still dealing with the economic fallout brought on by the pandemic. Reading time: 4 minutes. Hawaii lawmakers on Monday took a preliminary step toward increasing the minimum wage to $12 by July 2022. The Senate Labor, Culture and the Arts Committee unanimously agreed to move forward with a measure to increase Hawaii’s minimum wage for the first time in four years. Hawaii’s wages last increased t...