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	2017 -- S 0078
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES

	Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Lombardi, and Ciccone
	Date Introduced: January 18, 2017
	Referred To: Senate Labor
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 28-12-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-12 entitled "Minimum
2	Wages" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	28-12-3. Minimum wages.
4	(a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees: commencing July 1, 1999,
5	at least the minimum wage of five dollars and sixty-five cents ($5.65) per hour. Commencing
6	September 1, 2000, the minimum wage is six dollars and fifteen cents ($6.15) per hour.
7	(b) Commencing January 1, 2004, the minimum wage is six dollars and seventy-five
8	cents ($6.75) per hour.
9	(c) Commencing March 1, 2006, the minimum wage is seven dollars and ten cents
10	($7.10) per hour.
11	(d) Commencing January 1, 2007, the minimum wage is seven dollars and forty cents
12	($7.40) per hour.
13	(e) Commencing January 1, 2013, the minimum wage is seven dollars and seventy-five
14	cents ($7.75) per hour.
15	(f) Commencing January 1, 2014, the minimum wage is eight dollars ($8.00) per hour.
16	(g) Commencing January 1, 2015, the minimum wage is nine dollars ($9.00) per hour.
17	(h) Commencing January 1, 2016, the minimum wage is nine dollars and sixty cents
18	($9.60) per hour.
19	(i) Commencing on January 1, 2018, the minimum wage is ten dollars ($10.00) per hour.

1	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES
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1	This act would increase the hourly minimum wage to ten dollars ($10.00) effective
2	January 1, 2018.
3	This act would take effect upon passage.
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