Roll Call: TN HB2277 | 2015-2016 | 109th General Assembly
For additional roll call votes on Tennessee HB2277 please see the Vote List
Bill Title: As introduced, requires the commissioner of labor and workforce development to set the state’s minimum hourly wage rate at not less than $10.10 per hour, adjusted annually to reflect inflation in accordance with the consumer price index; establishes a cause of action for employees if employers violate the state’s minimum hourly wage rate; sets the wage rate paid to blind persons employed by the state to the greater of the state minimum hourly wage rate or the federal minimum wage. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 13; Title 39; Title 50; Title 67 and Title 71.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-09 - Failed in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee of Consumer and Human Resources Committee [HB2277 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Bill Title: As introduced, requires the commissioner of labor and workforce development to set the state’s minimum hourly wage rate at not less than $10.10 per hour, adjusted annually to reflect inflation in accordance with the consumer price index; establishes a cause of action for employees if employers violate the state’s minimum hourly wage rate; sets the wage rate paid to blind persons employed by the state to the greater of the state minimum hourly wage rate or the federal minimum wage. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 13; Title 39; Title 50; Title 67 and Title 71.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-09 - Failed in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee of Consumer and Human Resources Committee [HB2277 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]
Vote: CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Failed in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee of Consumer and Human Resources Committee
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 2 | 2 | - |
| Nay | 4 | - | 4 |
| Not Voting | - | - | - |
| Absent | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Result: Failed
| Name | Yea | Nay | NV | Absent | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rep. Casada, Glen [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Rep. Eldridge, Jimmy [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Rep. Lynn, Susan [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Rep. Mitchell, Bo [D] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Sen. Pody, Mark [R] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart | ||||
| Rep. Turner, Johnnie R. [D] | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
