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Missouri Proposition A, Increase Minimum Wage Initiative (1996)
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| Topic Minimum wage laws |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Missouri Proposition A was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Missouri on November 5, 1996. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending previously enacted law to incrementally raise the state's minimum wage starting at $6.25 in 1997, increase annually by $0.25 until 1999, then by $0.15 per year from 2000 onward, expand the definition of "employee," and allow the legislature or municipalities to further increase wage coverage. |
A "no" vote opposed amending previously enacted law to incrementally raise the state's minimum wage starting at $6.25 in 1997, increase annually by $0.25 until 1999, then by $0.15 per year from 2000 onward, expand the definition of "employee," and allow the legislature or municipalities to further increase wage coverage. |
Election results
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Missouri Proposition A |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 586,584 | 28.70% | ||
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1,456,982 | 71.30% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition A was as follows:
| “ | Proposition A Proposed by Initiative Petition Shall Sections 290.500 and 290.502, RSMo 1994 be amended to: require all employers, except as otherwise provided in Sections 290.500 to 290.530, RSMo 1994, to pay their employees an hourly minimum wage of no less than $6.25 as of January 1, 1997; $6.50 as of January 1, 1998; $6.75 as of January 1, 1999; and beginning January 1, 2000, an additional fifteen cents per year thereafter; expand the statutory definition of "employee"; permit the legislature or any municipality to raise or expand minimum wage coverage; and provide for sever ability of any provision or application of the measure held in-valid? | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Missouri Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Missouri General Assembly to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 82 votes in the Missouri House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Missouri State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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