SPONSOR: Windham
This bill establishes "The Blue Pay Fairness Act," which provides that every Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certified peace officer employed in a county with a charter form of government and with more than nine hundred fifty thousand inhabitants shall be paid $20 per hour for work as a peace officer in such county, or wages at the same rate or rates set as the prevailing federal minimum wage applicable to those covered jobs in interstate commerce, whichever rate per hour is higher.
Currently, this applies to St. Louis County.
Statutes affected: