Wow. here's something interesting—this bill is actually considerably BETTER than the symbolic minimum wage bill the Dems passed in the House in 2019. https://edlabor.house.gov/imo/media/doc/RAISE%20THE%20WAGE%20ACT%20-%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
The 2019 bill, like this one, phased in completely in 2025, but with smaller, later incremental steps. And while it narrowed the tipped-wage and disabled-worker gaps, it didn't eliminate them entirely, even in the final phase of the bill.
(The 2019 bill would have eliminated the youth minimum wage, which this bill also does, on a similar time schedule.) https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/32-minimum-wage-youth
In 2019, the Dems knew their bill was going nowhere. That this one is more aggressive both in benchmarks and in principles is a good sign.
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