Connecticut 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted 32 D cosponsors

HB 5004 — AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM FAIR WAGE.

Last action — SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 63 sponsors

    63 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (32 D).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

4 added · 3 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill HB 5004 includes new language that clarifies certain provisions, while removing a previous section that was deemed unnecessary. This change helps to make the bill easier to understand and ensures that the key points are more directly communicated. Simplifying the bill is important because it can facilitate better compliance and enhance public understanding of the legislation. Overall, these changes aim to improve the bill's effectiveness.

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(i) "Minimum fair wage" in any industry or occupation in this state means a wage of not less than six dollars and seventy cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2003, not less than six dollars and ninety cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2004, not less than seven dollars and ten cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2006, not less than seven dollars and forty cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2007, not less than seven dollars and sixty-five cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2009, not less than eight dollars per hour, and effective January 1, 2010, not less than eight dollars and twenty-five cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2014, not less than eight dollars and seventy cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2015, not less than nine dollars and fifteen cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2016, not less than nine dollars and sixty cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2017, not less LCO 4945 \\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-05004-R021 of 3 HB.docx Committee Bill No.
(i) "Minimum fair wage" in any industry or occupation in this state means a wage of not less than six dollars and seventy cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2003, not less than six dollars and ninety cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2004, not less than seven dollars and ten cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2006, not less than seven dollars and forty cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2007, not less than seven dollars and sixty-five cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2009, not less than eight dollars per hour, and effective January 1, 2010, not less than eight dollars and twenty-five cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2014, not less than eight dollars and seventy cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2015, not less than nine dollars and fifteen cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2016, not less than nine dollars and sixty cents per hour, and effective January 1, 2017, not less LCO 4945 \\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-05004-R031 of 3 HB.docx Committee Bill No.
[The rates for learners, beginners, and persons under the age of eighteen years shall be not less than eighty-five per cent of the minimum fair wage for the first two hundred hours of such employment and equal to the minimum fair wage thereafter, except institutional training programs specificallyexempted by the commissioner.] LCO 4945 {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-050042 of 3 R02-HB.docx } Committee Bill No.
[The rates for learners, beginners, and persons under the age of eighteen years shall be not less than eighty-five per cent of the minimum fair wage for the first two hundred hours of such employment and equal to the minimum fair wage thereafter, except institutional training programs specificallyexempted by the commissioner.] LCO 4945 {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-050042 of 3 R03-HB.docx } Committee Bill No.
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Section 1 October 1, 2019 31-58(i) LAB Joint Favorable APP Joint Favorable {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-05004- LCO 4945 R03-HB.docx } 3 of 3
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Action History

  1. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

  2. TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR

  3. TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

  4. PUBLIC ACT 19-4

  5. IN CONCURRENCE

  6. SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH. A

  7. SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. D

  8. SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. C

  9. SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. B

  10. SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH. A

  11. SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH. A

  12. FILE NO. 870

  13. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 475

  14. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  15. HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A

  16. HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. I

  17. HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. H

  18. HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. G

  19. HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. F

  20. HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. E

  21. HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. D

  22. HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. C

  23. HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. B

  24. HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH. A

  25. TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR

  26. NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations

  27. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  28. FILED WITH LCO

  29. Joint Favorable

  30. REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations

  31. FILE NO. 267

  32. HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 173

  33. FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER

  34. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  35. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/19

  36. FILED WITH LCO

  37. Joint Favorable

  38. PUBLIC HEARING 0307

  39. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees

  40. DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE

  41. Vote to Draft

  42. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Labor and Public Employees

Sponsors

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63 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 124 not signed on

Sponsors (63)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (124)

124 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 5004?
HB 5004 is sponsored by D'Agostino, Michael, Wilson Pheanious, Pat, Vargas, Edwin, Phipps, Quentin W., Palm, Christine, Abercrombie, Catherine F., Rotella, Kate, Verrengia, Joe, Porter, Robyn A., Morin, Russell A., Miller, Patricia Billie, Simmons, Caroline, Stallworth, Charlie L., Flexer, Mae, Rose, Kim, Winkler, Michael A., Aresimowicz, Joe, Anwar, Saud, Michel, David, Borer, Dorinda, Arnone, Tom, Hennessy, John "Jack" F., Tercyak, Peter A., DiMassa, Michael A., Ryan, Kevin, Lopes, Rick, Conley, Christine, de la Cruz, Joe, Slap, Derek, Riley, Emmett D., Trenee McGee (Democratic), Kenneth Gucker (Democratic), Geoff Luxenberg (Democratic), Roland J. Lemar (Democratic), Anne M. Hughes (Democratic), Travis Simms (Democratic), Jane M. Garibay (Democratic), Minnie Gonzalez (Democratic), Susan M. Johnson (Democratic), Joshua M. Hall (Democratic), Geraldo C. Reyes (Democratic), Lucy Dathan (Democratic), Cristin McCarthy Vahey (Democratic), Toni E. Walker (Democratic), Josh Elliott (Democratic), Hilda E. Santiago (Democratic), Matthew Ritter (Democratic), Matt Blumenthal (Democratic), Gregory Haddad (Democratic), Antonio Felipe (Democratic), Steven J. Stafstrom (Democratic), Jillian Gilchrest (Democratic), Mary M. Mushinsky (Democratic), Larry B. Butler (Democratic), Juan R. Candelaria (Democratic), Julio A. Concepcion (Democratic), Patricia A. Dillon (Democratic), Christopher Rosario (Democratic), Mike Demicco (Democratic), Alphonse Paolillo (Democratic), Bob Godfrey (Democratic), Gary A. Turco (Democratic), and Sanchez, R..
What is the current status of HB 5004?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2019. Enacted.
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