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GA HR1224
Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/20/2018
Primary Sponsor
Deborah Gonzalez
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AI Summary
- Creates the House Study Committee on the Establishment of a Living Wage, composed of five House members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Directs the committee to study the best methods for implementing a living wage in Georgia, where the federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour and the state minimum wage for non-federally covered employees is $5.15/hour
- Notes that a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage makes only $15,080 per year, below the federal poverty level for a family of two, and that nearly one in five Georgians lives in poverty
- Addresses disproportionate poverty impacts on African Americans, Hispanics, and rural communities, as well as longstanding racial and gender wage gaps in Georgia
- Committee members receive per diem allowances for up to five days, funded by House appropriations, and the committee stands abolished on December 1, 2018
Legislative Description
House Study Committee on the Establishment of a Living Wage; create
Last Action
House Second Readers
2/22/2018
Full Bill Text
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