BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

SB 5384: Income to meet basic needs

Achieving economic security through income sufficient to meet basic needs.

Summary

Requires the department of labor and industries to calculate an adjusted minimum wage rate to maintain employee purchasing power by increasing the current year's minimum wage rate by the rate of inflation. Provides for submission of this act to a vote of the people.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to achieving economic security through income sufficient to meet basic needs;

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.

SB 5384 (2025–26) Riparian programs review · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5384 (2023–24) Walla Walla water 2050 plan · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5384 (2021–22) Volunteer firefighters · Enacted · Chapter 105, Laws of 2021
SB 5384 (2019–20) Tiny house comm. locations · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5384 (2017–18) Rec. access/private lands · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5384 (2013–14) Board of denturists · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5384 (2011–12) Failing to wear safety belt · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5384 (2009–10) High-performnce pub building · Did not pass · died in committee