BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 2065: Minimum wage regionalization

Requiring the regionalization of the minimum wage.

Summary

Addresses an employer's payment of wages in an urban area, a nonurban area, and a standard area, as those terms are defined in this act. Provides that the state occupies and preempts the entire field regarding payment of wages. Prohibits a city, town, county, or port district from requiring, enforcing, or regulating payment of wages.

From the Bill Digest (HB 2065), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to regionalization of the minimum wage;

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

Jan 8, 2018By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jun 21, 2017By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
May 23, 2017By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 24, 2017By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Feb 9, 2017First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

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

HB 2065 (2025–26) Higher ed. admin. staffing · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2065 (2023–24) Offender score recalc. · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2065 (2021–22) COVID-19 remedies · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2065 (2019–20) LGBTQ commission · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2065 (2015–16) Health care access and edu · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2065 (2013–14) Early learning · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2065 (2011–12) Alternative learning funding · Enacted · Chapter 34, Laws of 2011, 1st Special Session
HB 2065 (2009–10) Retired law enforcement · Did not pass · died in committee