$15 Florida minimum wage proposed amendment took its next big step
Bottom Line: In January, I brought you the story about John Morgan’s push for a proposed state amendment calling for a $15 minimum wage.Back then he was laying the ground work for his “Florida For A Fair Wage” group that he’s spearheading to attempt to bring this proposal to the 2020 ballot. There are four steps to bringing proposed Amendments to a ballot.
Step 1: Create the proposed language for the Amendment
Step 2: Collect/produce 76,632 unique signatures for the proposal that’s submitted to the Florida Supreme Court for review
Step 3: Have the Florida Supreme Court review the proposed language
Step 4: Should the Florida Supreme Court accept the language a total of 766,200 signatures are needed to inclusion on the 2020 ballot
At this point the proposal is halfway through the process and John Morgan certainly isn’t a newcomer to the constitutional amendment process having been the leader of the medial marijuana amendment in 2016. Here’s the summary language being submitted by Morgan & co. For the court’s review.
Raises minimum wage to $10.00 per hour effective September 30th, 2021. Each September 30th thereafter, minimum wage shall increase by $1.00 per hour until the minimum wage reaches $15.00 per hour on September 30th, 2026. From that point forward, future minimum wage increases shall revert to being adjusted annually for inflation starting September 30th, 2027.[2]
We have a new Supreme Court and we don’t know how they’ll rule on this and other proposals until they do, but there’s nothing in this language that seems to a red flag. More to come.