BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

HB 2497: Minimum wage/tipped employee

Regulating the minimum hourly wage of tipped employees.

Summary

Permits employers to pay tipped employees $7.25 per hour if the employee receives an additional amount in tips equal to the difference between the state minimum wage and $7.25 per hour.

From the House Bill Analysis 2012 (HB 2497), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the minimum hourly wage of tipped employees;

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

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

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