| Last Action | 02/25/25: to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) | 
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| Title | AN ACT relating to wages. | 
| Bill Documents | Introduced | 
| Fiscal Impact Statement | Local Mandate | 
| Bill Request Number | 1459 | 
| Sponsors | P. Stevenson, G. Brown Jr. | 
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to incrementally raise minimum wage of hourly and tipped employees and require adherence to any future federal increase in excess of the new state wage rates; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage. | 
| Index Headings of Original Version | 
                            Labor and Industry - State minimum wage, increase  Local Government - Minimum wage, authority to establish Personnel and Employment - State minimum wage, increase Wages and Hours - State minimum wage, increase Cities - Minimum wage, authority to establish Counties - Minimum wage, authority to establish Workforce - State minimum wage, increase Charter County Government - Minimum wage, authority to establish Consolidated Local Governments - Minimum wage, authority to establish Unified Local Governments - Minimum wage, authority to establish  | 
            
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