BILL · 2011–12 SESSION
HB 1531: Minimum wage rate adjustment
Adjusting the minimum wage rate based on changes in consumer prices.
Summary
- Removes the requirement that the Department of Labor and Industries calculate the minimum wage rate based on the rate of inflation during a 12-month period.
- Requires that beginning on September 30, 2011, calculations of the adjusted minimum wage rate reflect the actual change in consumer prices since September 1, 2000.
From the House Bill Analysis 2011 (HB 1531), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 25, 2011
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Cary Condotta (R-12)
- Introduced
- January 25, 2011 in the House
- Last action
- April 11, 2012
- Companion bill
- SB 5839
AN ACT Relating to adjusting the minimum wage rate based on changes in consumer prices;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Cary Condotta (R-12)
5 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 5 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development.
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