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Minimum-wage increase to $20 an hour fails in subcommittee
Summary
A sponsor proposed raising Tennessee’s minimum wage to $20 per hour with annual CPI adjustments; the committee voted and the measure failed for lack of positive votes (1–4).
A sponsor presented House Bill 2248 proposing to raise Tennessee’s minimum wage to $20 an hour with an annual adjustment tied to the Consumer Price Index. “This bill will raise the minimum wage in our state to $20 an hour with an adjustment every year for cost of living,” the sponsor said, arguing the change would let many Tennesseans work one job instead of two or three.
After brief discussion, the committee voted and the clerk reported the result: 1 aye and 4 noes, and the bill failed in subcommittee for lack of a positive vote. The sponsor thanked members and the meeting moved on to subsequent items.
