The votes that counted were the “no” votes.
HB 166 is the minimum wage bill. It would raise that standard to $15.00.
Our Republican colleagues offered five amendments that would weaken the bill.
Each one was defeated.
The number of “no” votes ranged from 94 to 99.
A simple majority is needed to defeat (or pass) an amendment – one more vote than the other side.
However, a 3/5th majority is needed to override a veto.
In the House, that’s 85 votes.
If Governor Hogan vetoes this bill, the votes are there to override in the House.
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An historical note:
In a “fireside chat” the night before FDR signed the first federal minimum wage law, he warned:
“Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, who has been turning his employees over to the Government relief rolls in order to preserve his company’s undistributed reserves, tell you – using his stockholders’ money to pay the postage for his personal opinions — tell you that a wage of $11.00 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry.” (1938, Fireside Chat, the night before signing the Fair Labor Standards Act that instituted the federal minimum wage.”
