BILL · 1997–98 SESSION
SB 6577: Minimum wage increase
Adjusting the minimum wage.
Summary
- The state minimum wage for those 18 and older is $5.75 for 1999, $6.50 for the year 2000, and for each year thereafter the minimum wage is adjusted for inflation by the Director of the Department of Labor and Industries.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6577), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 21, 1998
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Rosa Franklin (D-29)
- Introduced
- January 21, 1998 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 21, 1998
- Companion bill
- HB 2896
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Rosa Franklin (D-29)
16 co-sponsors (16 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
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 6577 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 6577 (2017–18) Mushroom farming/taxes
- SB 6577 (2015–16) Annual tax surveys & reports
- SB 6577 (2013–14) Transportation revenue
- SB 6577 (2011–12) Retired public employees
- SB 6577 (2009–10) Transportation policy goals
- SB 6577 (2007–08) Truth in music advertising
- SB 6577 (2005–06) Real estate excise tax