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Heated floor debate over minimum-wage carve-outs; motion to indefinitely postpone filed
Summary
Senator Raybould introduced LB258 proposing caps and carve-outs to the voter-approved minimum-wage increases (including a 1.5% CPI cap, a youth wage and a higher training wage). Senator Conrad filed a motion to indefinitely postpone the bill; senators debated whether the Legislature should alter voter-approved initiative language.
Senator Raybould opened discussion of LB258 with a three-part proposal she described as a balance between the voter-approved minimum-wage increase and small-business concerns. Raybould said the bill proposes a CPI cap (fixed at 1.5% annual adjustment), a youth wage set at $13.50 for 14–15-year-olds with a 1.5% increase every five years, and a training wage raised to $13.50 for 90 days (90% of state minimum) before moving to full minimum wage. “This is a fair-minded attempt to craft some centrist legislation,” Raybould said, and she cited letters from small-business owners, grocers and child-care providers urging flexibility.
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