Missouri $13 Minimum Wage Initiative (2018)

Missouri $13 Minimum Wage Initiative
Election date November 6, 2018
Topic Minimum wage
Status Not on the ballot
Type State statute	Origin Citizens
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The Missouri $13 Minimum Wage Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.

Raise Up Missouri proposed ballot initiatives to increase the minimum wage to $11, $12, $13, $14, and $15. The group settled on an initiative to increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour and collected signatures for the 2018 ballot.

The measure would have increased the minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2023 or 2025. Richard Von Glahn, who filed the initiative, proposed multiple versions. Some versions would have guaranteed that tipped employees are paid 100 percent of the minimum wage over a period of time. Other versions would have guaranteed that tipped employees are paid 60 percent of the minimum wage over a period of time.

As of 2017, the minimum wage in Missouri was $7.70.

Text of measure

Ballot title

As multiple versions of this initiative were filed for circulation, the secretary of state crafted a ballot title for each one.

Measure 2018-081

Shall Missouri law be amended to: increase the state minimum wage to $9.00 per hour with $1.00 per hour increase each year until 2023, when the minimum wage would be $13.00 per hour; adjust state minimum wage based on changes in the Consumer Price Index each January beginning in 2024; mandate that the state minimum wage at least equal the federal minimum wage; increase the employer portion of tipped employee wages (each year until 2028) from 50% of state minimum wage to full minimum wage; and increase the penalty for paying employees less than the minimum wage? State and local governments estimate no direct costs or savings from the proposal, but operating costs could increase by an unknown annual amount that could be significant. State and local government tax revenue could change by an unknown annual amount ranging from a $6.7 million decrease to a $282 million increase depending on business decisions.

Measure 2018-082

Shall Missouri law be amended to: increase the state minimum wage to $9.00 per hour with $1.00 per hour increase each year until 2023, when the minimum wage would be $13.00 per hour; adjust state minimum wage based on changes in the Consumer Price Index each January beginning in 2024; mandate that the state minimum wage at least equal the federal minimum wage; increase the employer portion of tipped employee wages (each year until 2024) from 50% of state minimum wage to 60% of the minimum wage; and increase the penalty for paying employees less than the minimum wage? State and local governments estimate no direct costs or savings from the proposal, but operating costs could increase by an unknown annual amount that could be significant. State and local government tax revenue could change by an unknown annual amount ranging from a $6.7 million decrease to a $279 million increase depending on business decisions.

Measure 2018-198

Do you want to amend Missouri law to: increase the state minimum wage to $9.00 per hour with $1.00 per hour increase each year until 2023, when the state minimum wage would be $13.00 per hour; increase the employer portion of tipped employee wages (each year until 2028) from 50% of minimum wage to full minimum wage; exempt government employers from the above increases; increase the penalty for paying employees less than the minimum wage; and allow any county or city to require employers to pay a minimum wage higher than required by state or federal law? State and local governments estimate no direct costs or savings from the proposal, but operating costs could increase by an unknown annual amount that could be significant. State and local government tax revenue could change by an unknown annual amount ranging from a $13.1 million decrease to a $282 million increase depending on business decisions.

Measure 2018-199

Do you want to amend Missouri law to: increase the state minimum wage to $9.00 per hour with $1.00 per hour increase each year until 2023, when the state minimum wage would be $13.00 per hour; increase the employer portion of tipped employee wages (each year until 2024) from 50% of minimum wage to 60% of minimum wage; exempt government employers from the above increases; increase the penalty for paying employees less than the minimum wage; and allow any county or city to require employers to pay a minimum wage higher than required by state or federal law? State and local governments estimate no direct costs or savings from the proposal, but operating costs could increase by an unknown annual amount that could be significant. State and local government tax revenue could change by an unknown annual amount ranging from a $13.1 million decrease to a $279 million increase depending on business decisions.

Measure 2018-201

Do you want to amend Missouri law to: increase the state minimum wage to $9.00 per hour with $1.00 per hour increase each year until 2023, when the state minimum wage would be $13.00 per hour; and exempt government employers from the above increase? State and local governments estimate no direct costs or savings from the proposal, but operating costs could increase by an unknown annual amount that could be significant. State and local government tax revenue could change by an unknown annual amount ranging from a $13.1 million decrease to a $278 million increase depending on business decisions.

Measure 2018-203

Do you want to amend Missouri law to: increase the state minimum wage to $8.50 per hour with 75 cents per hour increase each year until 2025, when the state minimum wage would be $13.00 per hour; increase the employer portion of tipped employee wages (each year until 2024) from 50% of minimum wage to 60% of minimum wage; exempt government employers from the above increases; and increase the penalty for paying employees less than the minimum wage? State and local governments estimate no direct costs or savings from the proposal, but operating costs could increase by an unknown annual amount that could be significant. State and local government tax revenue could change by an unknown annual amount ranging from a $7.5 million decrease to a $262 million increase depending on business decisions.

Measure 2018-210

Do you want to amend Missouri law to: increase the state minimum wage to $8.50 per hour with 75 cents per hour increase each year until 2025, when the state minimum wage would be $13.00 per hour; exempt government employers from the above increase; and increase the penalty for paying employees less than the minimum wage? State and local governments estimate no direct costs or savings from the proposal, but operating costs could increase by an unknown annual amount that could be significant. State and local government tax revenue could change by an unknown annual amount ranging from a $7.5 million decrease to a $261 million increase depending on business decisions.

Measure 2018-211

Do you want to amend Missouri law to: increase the state minimum wage to $8.50 per hour with 75 cents per hour increase each year until 2025, when the state minimum wage would be $13.00 per hour; and exempt government employers from the above increase? State and local governments estimate no direct costs or savings from the proposal, but operating costs could increase by an unknown annual amount that could be significant. State and local government tax revenue could change by an unknown annual amount ranging from a $7.5 million decrease to a $261 million increase depending on business decisions.

Measure 2018-212

Do you want to amend Missouri law to: increase the state minimum wage to $8.50 per hour with 75 cents per hour increase each year until 2025, when the state minimum wage would be $13.00 per hour; and exempt government employers from the above increase? State and local governments estimate no direct costs or savings from the proposal, but operating costs could increase by an unknown annual amount that could be significant. State and local government tax revenue could change by an unknown annual amount ranging from a $7.5 million decrease to a $261 million increase depending on business decisions.

Full text

The full text of the measure is available for Petition 2018-081, Petition 2018-082, Petition 2018-198, Petition 2018-199, Petition 2018-201, Petition 2018-203, Petition 2018-210, Petition 2018-211, and Petition 2018-212.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri

Supporters of the initiative were required to collect a number of signatures equivalent to 5 percent of the 2016 gubernatorial vote in six of the eight state congressional districts. This means that the minimum possible number of valid signatures required was 100,126. Signatures needed to be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election on November 6, 2018. Six months prior to the election was May 6, 2018.

Richard Von Glahn proposed multiple versions of the initiative.

See also

Suggest a link

• Missouri 2018 ballot measures
• 2018 ballot measures
• Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri

External links

• 2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation