Bill Text: IL HR0705 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Federal government to increase the national minimum wage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0705 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0705-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, In the United States, 38.1 million people live in | ||||||
3 | poverty, with nearly 45 percent of that population living in | ||||||
4 | deep poverty; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The United States Department of Agriculture | ||||||
6 | estimates that 11.1% of households were food insecure in 2018; | ||||||
7 | and
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8 | WHEREAS, Poverty is associated with higher mortality rates | ||||||
9 | and a higher prevalence of acute or chronic diseases; those who | ||||||
10 | live in poverty are often unable to provide safe and suitable | ||||||
11 | living conditions for themselves or their families; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The purchasing power of the federal minimum wage | ||||||
13 | peaked in 1968 at $1.60 an hour, which is equivalent to $12 an | ||||||
14 | hour in 2019; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Annual inflation diminishes the true value of a | ||||||
16 | minimum wage worker's paycheck; this leaves them with less | ||||||
17 | purchasing power, mobility, and fewer opportunities; and
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18 | WHEREAS, The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour and has | ||||||
19 | remained the same for over a decade; and
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1 | WHEREAS, To keep pace with labor productivity, the federal | ||||||
2 | minimum wage should have been raised to $19.33 an hour in 2017; | ||||||
3 | and
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4 | WHEREAS, Research has found that increasing the minimum | ||||||
5 | wage reduces deaths from alcohol, drugs, and suicide; raising | ||||||
6 | the minimum wage can also reduce crime while increasing | ||||||
7 | economic productivity; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Over half of these United States have a higher | ||||||
9 | minimum wage than the federal minimum wage; in 2016, 52 percent | ||||||
10 | of voters supported raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | WHEREAS, Recently, the State of Illinois passed | ||||||
13 | legislation to increase the state minimum wage to $15 an hour | ||||||
14 | by 2025; Illinois decided that the people deserve better, and | ||||||
15 | now, it is time for the Federal government to do the same; and
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16 | WHEREAS, The Federal Government must provide a wage floor | ||||||
17 | from which all Americans can make a living; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
19 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
20 | we urge the Federal government to raise millions out of poverty | ||||||
21 | by increasing the federal minimum wage; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | delivered to the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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