AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - MINIMUM WAGES (Increases the hourly minimum wage effective January 2, 2020 to eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour and effective January 1, 2021, to twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) per hour.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2019
Last action Jun 19, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 18, 2019
How they voted
29–6
Passed
Total votes 35
Jun 18, 2019
D
Democratic30
96% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Jun 19, 2019
Committee
06/19/2019 Referred to House Labor
lower
Jun 18, 2019
Legislature · Passed
06/18/2019 Senate passed Sub A
legislature
Jun 12, 2019
Legislature · Passed
06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Mar 27, 2019
Legislature · Passed
03/27/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
01/24/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor
legislature
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
HM
Harold M. Metts
DDemocratic
P
Maryellen Goodwin
DDemocratic
P
WJ
William J. Conley, Jr.
DDemocratic
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