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2002 Regular Session

House Bill 5057

AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE.

Became law as Public Act 02-33, signed May 6, 2002, 88 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To increase the state's minimum fair wage to seven dollars per hour effective January 1, 2003, and to require the state minimum fair wage to annually increase, beginning July 1, 2004, by either (1) the amount of inflation measured by the annual All Urban Wage Earners Consumer Price Index for the preceding year ending May thirty-first, or (2) 0.5% above the federal minimum wage, whichever is greater.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

15 co-sponsors

Christopher G. Donovan, Minnie Gonzalez, Lewis J. Wallace Jr., Nancy A. DeMarinis, Felipe Reinoso, Richard Roy, Lydia N. Martinez, Ernest E. Newton II, Robert T. Keeley Jr., Toni E. Walker, John C. Geragosian, John S. Martinez, Ted C. Graziani, Patricia A. Dillon, Joseph D. Clemmons Sr.

In the Senate

    4 co-sponsors

    George C. Jepsen, Win Smith, Thomas A. Bozek, Mary Ann Handley

    Its course

    February 7 to May 6, 2002, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action30 actions on 17 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 7 to Apr 1769 days

    Labor and Public Employees CommitteeFeb 7 to Mar 526 days

    Planning and Development CommitteeMar 5 to Mar 138 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMar 13 to Apr 119 days

    In the SenateApr 17 to Apr 247 days

    Waiting to be sentApr 24 to Apr 306 days

    With the GovernorApr 30 to May 66 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Apr 17 · Adopted Apr 24

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentRejected

      Rejected Apr 17

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Feb 7 – Apr 17

    1. Feb 7Introduced and sent to Labor and Public Employees Committee
    2. Feb 8Heard in Labor and Public Employees Committee
    3. Mar 5Labor and Public Employees Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Planning and Development Committee
    4. Mar 13Planning and Development Committee recommended it and sent it to Appropriations Committee
    5. Apr 1Appropriations Committee recommended a substitute for it
    6. Apr 17The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    7. The House of Representatives rejected House of Representatives Amendment B
    8. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

    In the Senate Apr 19 – Apr 24

    1. Apr 19Arrived in the Senate
    2. Apr 24The Senate adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    3. Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendment A

    To the Governor Apr 29 – May 6

    1. Apr 29Numbered Public Act 02-33
    2. Apr 30Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. May 6Signed by the Governor
    All 30 actions, as published
    1. Feb 7REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 8PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 5Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    4. Mar 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 6RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    6. Mar 7FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
    7. Mar 8FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    8. Mar 13Joint Favorable Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    9. Mar 14FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    10. Mar 14RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    11. Mar 14FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives
    12. Mar 14FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    13. Apr 1Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    14. Apr 1FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    15. Apr 9REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    16. Apr 12RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    17. Apr 12FILE NO.Both houses
    18. Apr 12FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    19. Apr 12HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    20. Apr 17HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    21. Apr 17HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    22. Apr 17HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    23. Apr 19FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    24. Apr 19SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    25. Apr 19FILE NO.Both houses
    26. Apr 24SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    27. Apr 24SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    28. Apr 29PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    29. Apr 30TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    30. May 6SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor