South Carolina Minimum Wage Increase Question (2016)
| Minimum Wage Increase Question | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Minimum wage | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Advisory question | |
The South Carolina Minimum Wage Increase Question was not put on the November 8, 2016 ballot in South Carolina as an advisory question. The measure, upon voter approval, would have advised the state legislature to increase the state's hourly minimum wage to one dollar above the federal minimum wage.[1]
The measure was known in the legislature as Senate Bill 146.[2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot title was as follows:[1]
| “ | Do you favor requiring employers to pay a minimum hourly wage rate of one dollar above the federal minimum wage to employees for all hours worked in this State?
Yes [ ] |
” |
Path to the ballot
Senate Bill 146 was pre-filed on December 3, 2014, and referred to the Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee on January 13, 2015.[2]
See also
Additional reading
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 South Carolina Legislature, "Senate Bill 146," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 South Carolina Legislature, "Senate Bill 146 History," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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