CHICAGO (CBS) — From a boost in the minimum wage to making Juneteenth a state holiday to requiring larger law enforcement agencies to equip officers with body cameras, scores of new laws will go into effect in Illinois in 2022.
Below are just a handful of the new laws that take effect on Jan. 1:
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Minimum Wage Increase
The minimum wage in Illinois will rise to $13 an hour on Jan. 1, as part of a state law passed in 2019 that gradually increases the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025.
The state’s minimum wage law includes provisions allowing employers to pay a lower minimum wage to tipped workers and to minors who work less than 650 hours a year. The minimum wage for tipped workers will increase to $7.20 an hour in 2022, and the minimum wage for anyone under age 18 who works less than 650 hours a year will rise to $9.25 an hour.
The city of Chicago already increased its minimum wage to $15 an hour earlier this year. Cook County’s minimum wage is set at $13 an hour, although many suburbs have opted out and instead have their own lower minimum wage, or abide by the state’s minimum wage.
Police Body Cameras
As part of a sweeping criminal justice reform bill signed by Gov. JB Pritzker earlier this year, larger law enforcement agencies in Illinois will be required to equip all of their officers with body cameras in 2022.
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