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1/29/2020
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Senate Labor Committee to hear minimum wage bill today
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STATE HOUSE – The Senate Labor Committee will be meeting today, Wednesday, January 29 at the RISE of the Senate (approximately 4:45 p.m.) in the Senate Lounge of the State House to hear and/or consider legislation to address the state’s minimum wage.
The bill (2020-S 2147A), sponsored by Senate Judiciary Chairwoman Erin Lynch Prata (D-Dist. 31, Warwick, Cranston), increases the minimum wage gradually up to $15.00 per hour by the year 2024. A proposed amendment to the bill, or Substitute A, would increase the minimum wage by $1, from $10.50 to $11.50, as of October 1, 2020.
For more information, contact: Andrew Caruolo, Publicist State House Room 20 Providence, RI 02903 (401)222-6124
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