H5130 increases the minimum wage from $11.50 per hour to $15.00 per hour, over a 4-year period.
The Senate passed H5130 on May 18, 2021, by a vote of 29 to 7. We have assigned pluses to the nays because forced minimum wage laws are anti-constitutional acts of government-imposed theft that violate the right to freedom of contract between employers and employees. They disparage the principles of both the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, which were intended to protect “private property” and guarantee “equal protection of the laws” for all Americans.