S 2488 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Raise the Wage Act of 2023

Introduced Jul 25, 2023 Originated Senate Sponsor Bernard Sanders I-VT

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 25, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 25, 2023
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2023 to Apr 18, 2024; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-HIBrian SchatzOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-CTChristopher MurphyOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-RIJack ReedOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-PAJohn FettermanOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-VATim KaineOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-MNTina SmithOriginalJul 25, 2023
D-GARaphael G. WarnockJul 27, 2023
D-CALaphonza R. ButlerApr 18, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 25, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 25, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Dec 18, 2023The Budgetary and Economic Effects of S. 2488, the Raise the Wage Act of 2023As introduced on July 25, 2023

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 4889Raise the Wage Act of 2023Identical billJul 25, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Raise the Wage Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 25, 2023Introduced in Senate

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