Ryan Zinke in MT legislative records

On Crime: Replace death penalty with life imprisonment without parole

Excerpts from legislation: AN ACT: abolishing the death penalty and replacing it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole; revising eligibility for bail; and revising the affirmative defense of compulsion.

A person convicted of the offense of deliberate homicide shall be punished by life imprisonment without possibility of parole [was "shall be punished by death, life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in the state prison for a term between 10 and 100 years "].
The governor may offer rewards up to $1,000 each, for the apprehension of any convict who has escaped from the state prison or any person who has committed an offense punishable by life imprisonment without possibility of parole [was "who has committed an offense punishable by death"]

Legislative outcome: Zinke voted YEA; bill passed Senate, 27-23 Source: Montana legislative voting records: SB 236 Feb 17, 2009

On Jobs: Don't discount minimum wage for tips

Excerpts from legislation: SB 253: Allowing Employers to Count Tips as Credit Against Minimum Wage::

Remove the phrase: "excluding the value of tips received by the employee" from the existing law "the minimum hourly wage rate as provided under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" and in existing law "excluding the value of tips received by the employee and the special provisions for a training."

OnTheIssues analysis: The minimum wage was set at $6.15 an hour; this bill would raise the minimum wage to $6.90 an hour, excluding the value of tips received by the employee. That means the minimum wage would go up for non-tipped employees, but would go down for tipped employees (if their tips summed to more than the difference of $-/75 an hour).

Legislative outcome: Ryan Zinke voted NAY, SB 253 Senate rejected 21-29-0 on Feb. 3

Source: Montana legislative voting records: SB 253 Feb 3, 2009

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