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BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

SB 5747: Minimum wage

Modifying the inflationary adjustment to the minimum wage.

Summary

  • Declares that "full employment" means a total, not seasonally adjusted, unemployment rate in the state of Washington that is less than the total, not seasonally adjusted, national unemployment rate as determined by the United States department of labor.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 3, 2005
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Mike Hewitt (R-16)
Introduced
February 3, 2005 in the Senate
Last action
January 9, 2006

AN ACT Relating to modifying the inflationary adjustment to the minimum wage;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Mike Hewitt (R-16)

16 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 14 Republicans)

Linda Evans Parlette R-12Senator R-15Joyce Mulliken R-13Bob Morton R-7Val Stevens R-39Dan Swecker R-20Alex Deccio R-14Jerome Delvin R-8Dave Schmidt R-44Joseph Zarelli R-18Senator D-35Cheryl Pflug R-5Jim Hargrove D-24Stephen Johnson R-47Bob McCaslin R-4Bob Oke R-26

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.

SB 5747 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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