Washington $15 Minimum wage by 2025 Initiative (2018)
| Washington Washington $15 Minimum wage by 2025 | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Minimum wage | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Washington $15 Minimum wage by 2025 Initiative (#1586, 1595) was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 6, 2018.
This initiative was designed to establish a $15 per hour minimum wage by 2025.[1]
The schedule of minimum wage rates differed according to each version:[1]
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Initiative 1586:
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Initiative 1595:
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Under the initiative, rates would have been adjusted each year after 2025 according to increases in the consumer price index. Under current law, indexing to the consumer price index was set to begin in 2020.
The initiative would have also established that tips count toward the minimum wage. It also stated that the minimum wage must be consistent across the state.[1]
It would amend Initiative 1433, which was approved by voters in 2016 and mandated a minimum wage of $13.50 per hour by 2020 and that tips not count toward the minimum wage.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot titles for the different versions of the initiative are below:[1]
| Initiative 1586 ballot title | |||||
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Initiative Measure No. 1586 concerns the minimum wage. This measure would change minimum wage increases to $12.50 in 2020, add $.50 annually until it reaches $15.00, require the minimum wage to be uniform statewide, and tips to count toward the amount. Should this measure be enacted into law? | |||||
| Initiative 1595 ballot title | |||||
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Initiative Measure No. 1595 concerns the minimum wage. This measure would change minimum wage-increases to $12.50 in 2020, $12.90 in 2021, $13.90 in 2023, and $15.00 in 2025; require a uniform, statewide rate; and for tips to count in the amount. Should this measure be enacted into law? | |||||
Ballot summary
The ballot summaries for the different versions of the initiative are below:[1]
| Initiative 1586 ballot summary | |||||
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This measure would increase the state hourly minimum wage for employees who are at least 18 to $12.50 in 2020, $13.00 in 2021, $13.50 in 2022, $14.00 in 2023, $14.50 in 2024, and $15.00 in 2025. It would require tips to be counted toward an employee’s minimum wage. It would also require that the minimum wage be uniform and consistent for all employees throughout the state who are subject to the minimum wage law. | |||||
| Initiative 1595 ballot summary | |||||
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This measure would change the state hourly minimum wage for employees who are at least 18 to $12.50 in 2020, $12.90 in 2021, $13.90 in 2023, $15.00 in 2025, and then adjust the rate by inflation thereafter. It would require tips to be counted toward an employee’s minimum wage. It would also require that the minimum wage be uniform and consistent for all employees throughout the state who are subject to the minimum wage law. | |||||
Full text
- The full text of Initiative 1586 is available here.
- The full text of Initiative 1595 is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify a directly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the People in Washington—for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election. Initial filings for direct initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the general election at which their proposal would be presented to voters. Signatures must be submitted at least four months prior to the general election.
The requirements to get an Initiative to the People certified for the 2018 ballot:
- Signatures: 259,622 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was July 6, 2018.
The secretary of state verifies the signatures using a random sample method. If the sample indicates that the measure has sufficient signatures, the measure is certified for the ballot. However, if the sample indicates that the measure has insufficient signatures, every signature is checked. Under Washington law, a random sample result may not invalidate a petition.
Details about this initiative
- Tim Eyman submitted version 1586 on January 8, 2018, and version 1595 on January 17, 2018.[1]
- A ballot title and summary were issued for version 1586 on January 12 and version 1595 on 32.[1]
- Proponents of the initiative did not submit signatures to the secretary of state's office by the July 6, 2018, deadline and the measure was not put on the ballot.[2][1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
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