S 2123 - Increases the Minimum Wage - Massachusetts Key Vote
Patricia Haddad voted Yea (Conference Report Vote) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- June 26, 2014
- House Conference Report Adopted
- June 18, 2014
- Senate Conference Report Adopted
- June 12, 2014
- Senate Nonconcurrence Vote Passed
- May 15, 2014
- House Bill Passed
- May 1, 2014
- Senate Bill Passed
- May 1, 2014
- Introduced
- May 1, 2014
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Stage Details
Title: Increases the Minimum Wage
Signed by Governor Deval Patrick
Title: Increases the Minimum Wage
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that increases the minimum wage.
Highlights:
- Increases the minimum hourly wage from $8.00 to the following amounts (Secs. 28-30, 77, 79, & 80):
- From $8.00 to $9.00 per hour, beginning January 1, 2015,
- From $9.00 to $10.00 per hour, beginning January 1, 2016; and
- From $10.00 to $11.00 per hour, beginning January 1, 2017.
- Requires employers to pay tipped employees $3.00 per hour, beginning January 1, 2015, with the following increases (Secs. 34-36 & 77-80):
- From $3.00 to $3.35 per hour, beginning January 1, 2016; and
- From $3.35 to $3.75 per hour, beginning January 1, 2017.
- Amends the rate at which employers contribute to unemployment insurance, effective for rates beginning Jan 1, 2018 (Secs. 45-46, 47-50, & 78).
- In Massachusetts, a new bill number is assigned when a new version of the bill is drafted. The bill number changed to S 2195 for the Senate & House Conference Report stages.
Title: Increases the Minimum Wage
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that increases the minimum wage.
Highlights:
- Increases the minimum hourly wage from $8.00 to the following amounts (Secs. 28-30, 77, 79, & 80):
- From $8.00 to $9.00 per hour, beginning January 1, 2015,
- From $9.00 to $10.00 per hour, beginning January 1, 2016; and
- From $10.00 to $11.00 per hour, beginning January 1, 2017.
- Requires employers to pay tipped employees $3.00 per hour, beginning January 1, 2015, with the following increases (Secs. 34-36 & 77-80):
- From $3.00 to $3.35 per hour, beginning January 1, 2016; and
- From $3.35 to $3.75 per hour, beginning January 1, 2017.
- Amends the rate at which employers contribute to unemployment insurance, effective for rates beginning Jan 1, 2018 (Secs. 45-46, 47-50, & 78).
- In Massachusetts, a new bill number is assigned when a new version of the bill is drafted. The bill number changed to S 2195 for the Senate & House Conference Report stages.
Title: Increases the Minimum Wage
Title: Increases the Minimum Wage
Title: Increases the Minimum Wage
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that increases the minimum wage.
Highlights:
- Increases the minimum hourly wage from $8.00 to the following amounts (Secs. 2-4):
- $9, beginning January 1, 2015;
- $10, beginning January 1, 2016; and
- $11, beginning January 1, 2017.
- Requires the minimum wage for tipped workers to be 50 percent of the minimum wage for other workers (Sec. 7).
- Requires the minimum hourly wage to be at least $0.50 above the federal minimum wage (Sec. 6)
- Increases the minimum hourly wage annually by the percentage increase in the northeast region’s Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI) (Sec. 5).
- Increases the unemployment insurance taxable wage base from $14,000 to $21,000, beginning January 1, 2015 (Sec. 12).
- Amends the rate at which employers contribute to unemployment insurance (Sec. 16).
- Increases the maximum period of time an individual can work and be considered a “seasonal employee” from 16 weeks to 20 weeks (Sec. 9).
Title: Increases the Minimum Wage
Committee Sponsors
- Ways and Means Committee (Sponsor)