Tennessee House Bill 1257 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Failed on March 25 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-25 - Failed in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee of Consumer and Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires the commissioner of labor and workforce development to set the state’s minimum hourly wage rate at not less than $10.10 per hour, adjusted annually to reflect inflation in accordance with the consumer price index; establishes a cause of action for employees if employers violate the state’s minimum hourly wage rate; sets the wage rate paid to blind persons employed by the state to the greater of the state minimum hourly wage rate or the federal minimum wage. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 13; Title 39; Title 50; Title 67 and Title 71.

As introduced, requires the commissioner of labor and workforce development to set the state’s minimum hourly wage rate at not less than $10.10 per hour, adjusted annually to reflect inflation in accordance with the consumer price index; establishes a cause of action for employees if employers violate the state’s minimum hourly wage rate; sets the wage rate paid to blind persons employed by the state to the greater of the state minimum hourly wage rate or the federal minimum wage. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 13; Title 39; Title 50; Title 67 and Title 71.

Rep. Johnnie Turner [D]	Rep. JoAnne Favors [D]	Rep. G.A. Hardaway [D]	Rep. Bo Mitchell [D]
Rep. Antonio Parkinson [D]	Sen. Raumesh Akbari [D]	Rep. Karen Camper [D]	Sen. Brenda Gilmore [D]
Rep. Mike Stewart [D]	Rep. John Clemmons [D]	Rep. Joe Pitts [D]	Rep. Kevin Dunlap [D]
Rep. Darren Jernigan [D]	Rep. Joe Towns [D]	Rep. David Shepard [D]	Rep. Harold Love [D]
Rep. Bill Beck [D]	Rep. Jason Powell [D]	Rep. Larry Miller [D]	Rep. Sherry Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-25	House	Failed in s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee of Consumer and Human Resources Committee
2015-03-23	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2015-03-18	House	Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 3/25/2015
2015-03-13	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2015-02-24	House	Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee
2015-02-23	House	P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee--Government Operations for review
2015-02-18	House	P1C.
2015-02-12	House	Intro.
2015-02-12	House	Filed for intro.

SB1063 (Crossfiled) 2015-03-31 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1257&ga=109
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/109/Bill/HB1257.pdf