Key Votes
HB 1027 - Minimum Wage Increase and Estate/Death Tax Cut - Key Vote
Indiana Key Votes
Stages
- May 4, 2007 Executive Signed
- April 17, 2007 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- April 10, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 30, 2007 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 8, 2007 Introduced
Family
- HB 1027 - Minimum Wage Increase and Estate/Death Tax Cut
- SB 106 - Lawsuit against Federal Health Care Law
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - May 4, 2007
Title: Minimum Wage Increase and Estate/Death Tax Cut
Signed by Governor Mitch Daniels, Jr.
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (75-22) - April 17, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (45-3) - April 10, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (71-29) - Jan. 30, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Minimum Wage Increase and Estate/Death Tax Cut
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that increases the minimum wage to $7.50 by September 1, 2008 and also increases the estate tax exemption from $100,000 to $200,000.
Highlights:
-Increases the maximum wage claim amount for Department of Labor Commissioner assignments to $6,000 [sec.4(a)].
-Strikes the previous state law that exempted employers under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act from application of minimum wage provisions [sec.2].
-Increases the minimum wage for employees under age 20 to $6.20 by September 1, 2008 during the employees' initial 90 consecutive calendar days of employment [sec.3(l)(4)].
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 8, 2007
Title: Minimum Wage Increase and Estate/Death Tax Cut
Sponsors
- John Joseph Day (IN - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Vaneta Becker (IN - R)
- Richard D. Bray (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Sue E. Errington (IN - D) (Out Of Office)
- George Philip 'Phil' Hoy (IN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Timothy S. 'Tim' Lanane (IN - D)
- Joe Micon (IN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Earline S. Rogers (IN - D)
