BILL · 1991–92 SESSION
SB 5523: Minimum wage tip credit
Providing for a minimum wage tip credit.
Summary
- Tips received by tipped employees may be used, at the discretion of an employer, to satisfy up to 50 percent of the state's minimum wage requirement. The amount of tip money used for this purpose may not exceed the amount of tips reported by the employee for federal tax purposes, or, in lieu of such reporting, the amount allocated by the employer as income of the employee for federal tax purposes.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5523), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
- IntroducedFeb 5, 1991
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- James West (R-6)
- Introduced
- February 5, 1991 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 13, 1992
- Companion bill
- HB 1584
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: James West (R-6)
9 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 6 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5523 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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