Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

SUMMARY

This amendment amends the bill as follows:

1. It raises the minimum wage to $8.50 per hour in 2017, instead of the $9.00 per hour proposed in the bill;

2. It raises the minimum wage to $9.00 per hour in 2018, instead of the $10.00 per hour proposed in the bill;

3. It raises the minimum wage to $9.50 per hour in 2019, instead of the $11.00 per hour proposed in the bill;

4. It raises the minimum wage to $10.00 per hour in 2020, instead of the $12.00 per hour proposed in the bill;

5. It strikes language in the bill requiring that, beginning in 2021, the minimum hourly wage must be increased by the increase in the cost of living;

6. It restores language that limits the increase in the State's minimum wage in response to an increase in the federal minimum wage to no more than $1 more per hour; and

7. It strikes language proposed in the bill to increase the minimum wage paid to workers who receive tips.