House Republicans kill minimum wage increase

Posted by Greg on Thursday, January 25

At a 7:30 a.m. meeting this morning, the House Commerce and Labor subcommittee on Utilties/Employment heard several measures aimed at increasing the minimum wage.

Following the testimony, the subcommittee rolled all the bills except HB 1634 into Del. Vince Callahan's HB 2004, which was then swiftly defeated by Dels. Byron, Kilgore, Abbitt, Nixon, and Hugo. HB 1634 followed moments later.

Democrats attempted to bring both bills back before the full House Commerce and Labor committee later in the afternoon. The vote to reconsider HB 2004 failed on a 10-10 vote; HB 1634 fell short on a 9-11 vote.

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