Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a 20 percent raise for the state minimum wage from $10 to $12 an hour.

Highlights:

• Requires every employer to pay each employee employed by the employer, wages at the rate of not less than (Sec. 1.a):

• $6.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2003;

• $6.75 per hour beginning January 1, 2006;

• $7.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2007;

• $7.75 per hour beginning January 1, 2015;

• $8.50 per hour beginning January 1, 2016;

• $9.25 per hour beginning January 1, 2017;

• $10.10 per hour beginning January 1, 2018; and

• $12.00 per hour beginning July 1, 2022.

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