2006 House Bill 378 (26% increase in state minimum wage)

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• Introduced by Rep. J.R. Gray on January 17, 2006, to increase the state minimum wage to $6.00 an hour on the effective date of this Act, and to $6.50 an hour effective July 1, 2007. The bill would increase the minimum hourly wage to the federal minimum wage rate if such rate exceeds the state minimum wage rate.
  • Referred to the House Labor and Industry Committee on January 18, 2006.
  • Reported in the House on January 24, 2006, favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Bill Farmer on January 26, 2006, to prohibit local governments from establishing a minimum hourly wage different from the minimum wage established in the Kentucky Revised Statutes.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Jim DeCesare on January 26, 2006, to exempt educational institutions from paying prevailing wages on construction projects.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Jim DeCesare on January 26, 2006, to change the title of the bill.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. David Floyd on January 26, 2006, to delete newspaper delivery employee from minimum wage and overtime exemptions.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Scott W Brinkman on January 26, 2006, to delete provision that indexes Kentucky's minimum wage rate to the federal minimum wage rate.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Paul H Marcotte on January 27, 2006, to delete agriculture employee from minimum wage and overtime exemptions, requiring those employees to earn wages specified in the bill.

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Introduced by Rep. J.R. Gray on January 17, 2006. New Comment