Louisiana State Minimum Wage Amendment (2014)
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The Louisiana State Minimum Wage Amendment was not on the November 4, 2014 ballot in Louisiana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have established a state minimum wage at five cents above the federal minimum wage.[1]
Louisiana, as of 2014, is one of five states which do not have a state minimum wage.[2]
The amendment was sponsored in the Louisiana Legislature by State Rep. Herbert Dixon (D-26) and State Rep. Marcus Hunter (D-17) as House Bill No. 589.
Opposition
Opponents
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Louisiana Constitution
In Louisiana, a two-thirds majority vote was required in both the House of Representatives and Senate in order to place the constitutional amendment on the ballot.
Similar measures
The following measures related to minimum wage increases were proposed for the general election ballot in November:
- Alaska Minimum Wage Increase, Ballot Measure 3 (2014)
- Arkansas Minimum Wage Initiative (2014)
- California Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2014)
- Idaho Minimum Wage Initiative (2014)
- Illinois Minimum Wage Increase Question (2014)
- Louisiana State Minimum Wage Amendment (2014)
- Massachusetts Minimum Wage Increase Initiative (2014)
- Michigan Minimum Wage Initiative (2014)
- Minnesota Inflation Adjusted Minimum Wage Amendment (2014)
- Missouri Minimum Wage Initiative (2014)
- Nebraska Minimum Wage Increase, Initiative 425 (2014)
- New Mexico Minimum Wage Amendment (2014)
- South Dakota Increased Minimum Wage, Initiated Measure 18 (2014)
- Washington Uniform Minimum Wage Measure, Initiative 1358 (2014)
- Washington D.C. Minimum Wage Initiative (2014)
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Legislature, "House Bill No. 589," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ United States Department of Labor, "Minimum Wage Laws in the States - January 1, 2014," accessed April 10, 2014
- ↑ The Times-Picayune, "Louisiana minimum wage bills to be introduced, seeking increases over federal minimum," February 25, 2014
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