Key Votes
SB 324 - Minimum Wage Increase - Key Vote
New Mexico Key Votes
Stages
- March 23, 2007 Executive Signed
- March 16, 2007 Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- March 8, 2007 House Motion Agreed
- March 1, 2007 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 2, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 29, 2007 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - March 23, 2007
Title: Minimum Wage Increase
Signed by Governor Bill Richardson
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (Senate) - March 16, 2007
Legislation - Motion Agreed (House) - March 8, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (39-29) - March 1, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Minimum Wage Increase
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill raising the minimum wage in New Mexico.
Highlights:
-Raises the minimum wage to $6.50 an hour effective July 1, 2007, and raises the minimum wage to $7.50 an hour effective January 1, 2009 (sec. 2).
- Provides for a cost of living increase in the minimum wage, based on the consumer price index, every January 1 (sec. 2).
- Provides exemptions to the minimum wage law for certain agricultural and non-profit employees.
- Prohibits cities, counties, home rule municipalities, and other political subdivisions from adopting a minimum wage higher than the state minimum wage before the year 2010, with exceptions for ordinances adopted before January 1, 2007 (sec. 3).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (35-7) - Feb. 2, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Minimum Wage Increase
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill raising the minimum wage in New Mexico.
Highlights:
-Raises the minimum wage to $6.50 an hour effective July 1, 2007, and raises the minimum wage to $7.50 an hour effective January 1, 2009 (sec. 2).
- Provides for a cost of living increase in the minimum wage, based on the consumer price index, every January 1 (sec. 2).
- Provides exemptions to the minimum wage law for certain agricultural and non-profit employees.
- Prohibits cities, counties, home rule municipalities, and other political subdivisions from adopting a minimum wage higher than the state minimum wage before the year 2010, with exceptions for ordinances adopted before January 1, 2007 (sec. 3).
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Jan. 29, 2007
Title: Minimum Wage Increase
Co-sponsors
- Ben D. Altamirano (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
