US Congress Senate Bill 1150 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-0)
Status: Introduced on April 30 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Raise the Wage Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to: (1) $8.00 an hour on January 1, 2016, or, if later, on the first day of the third month after enactment of this Act; (2) $9.00 an hour after one year; (3) $10.00 an hour after two years; (4) $11.00 an hour after three years; (5) $12.00 an hour after four years; and (6) the amount the Secretary of Labor determines (based on increases in the median hourly wage of all employees) after five years, and annually thereafter. The federal minimum wage for tipped employees shall increase to $3.15 an hour for one year on January 1, 2016, or the first day of the third month after enactment of this Act, whichever is later. Subsequent annual adjustments of the wage increase, according to a specified formula, shall ensure that it remains equal to the wage in effect under FLSA for other employees. Employers must notify their employees of the right to retain any received tips. The separate minimum wage requirements for tipped employees shall end, effective one day after the hourly wage established for them under this Act takes effect. The Secretary must publish any increase in the minimum wage in the Federal Register and on the Department of Labor's website 60 days before it takes effect.

Raise the Wage Act

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB2150 (Same As) 2015-11-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1150/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1150/BILLS-114s1150is.pdf