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As voters hit the polls in november 2020 an increase to floridas minimum wage is on the line which would make it the first state with a constitutionally mandated minimum wage.

Marijuana legalization bill. A controversial ballot initiative florida amendment 2 offered voters the chance to hike the states minimum wage to 15 by 2026however due to florida rules for citizen driven ballot initiatives it required 60 percent of the vote not a majority to become law. Florida minimum wage constitutional amendment poised to pass. 3 ballot including four placed before voters through the citizen petition process.

Amendment two which would raise the state minimum wage from 856 to 10 starting next year and to 15 an hour by 2026 was at 613 percent support with 99 percent of the vote counted. Amendment 2 would increase the state minimum wage from 856 in 2020 to 1500 in 2026. 30 2021 and another 1 an hour each succeeding.

If approved it would bump up floridas minimum pay to 10 an hour on sept. Under amendment 2 the state minimum wage would increase each year as follows. Florida voters can show the appeal of 15 an hour outside liberal strongholds by approving a constitutional amendment on the 2020 ballot.

Florida voters had more than just a presidential election on their hands when they went to the polls on tuesday. 1100 on september 30 2022. How would amendment 2 change the minimum wage in florida.

Ballot language and constitutional changes. Should voters approve a november ballot measure florida would become the first state in the us. Florida for a fair wages amendment 2 calls for raising the states minimum wage from 846 an hour to 10 an hour in september 2021 with 1 an hour increases annually until it reaches 15 in.

According to the florida division of elections fdoe with. Low wage workers in floridas sprawling service economy may soon find themselves on the path to a 15 minimum wage thanks to one of the most far reaching. 1000 on september 30 2021.

Although floridas current minimum wage is higher than the federal minimum wage of 725 an hour supporters say its impossible to live on that wage given the states cost of living. The center square if a thin margin holds florida voters tuesday were poised to narrowly approve a constitutional amendment requiring the states minimum wage to increase to 10 an hour next september and to 15 an hour by 2026. Six proposed state constitutional amendments are on floridas nov.