2005 Senate Bill 318 ↩

Senate Roll Call 131: The substitute was adopted

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that would make unlawful to pay a person an hourly wage that is less than $6.95 beginning Oct. 1, 2006, $7.15 beginning July 1, 2007 and $7.40 beginning July 1, 2008. Note: At the time of this vote unions and other political organizations are gathering signatures on petitions for a November 2006 ballot initiative to place a slightly lower minimum wage mandate into the state constitution, and also index the wage level to inflation. The substitute would make Michigan low-skill or first-time workers covered by the law the fourth most expensive in the nation.