FINAL BILL REPORT

HB 2253

                                  C 149 L 90

BYRepresentatives Spanel, Jacobsen, Wineberry, Wang, Prentice, Vekich, Braddock and Brekke

Repealing exemption from the state minimum wage for students at institutions of higher education.

House Committe on Commerce & Labor

Rereferred House Committee on Appropriations

Senate Committee on Economic Development & Labor

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

The Washington Minimum Wage Act, as amended by Initiative 518 in 1989, establishes state minimum wages for adults and youths.  College or university students who are employed by the institution of higher education at which they are enrolled are exempt from these provisions.

SUMMARY:

The state minimum wage provision exempting students employed by the colleges or universities in which they are enrolled is repealed.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      House 97   0

      Senate    47     0

EFFECTIVE:June 7, 1990