Two proposals on raising Illinois' minimum wage will be tackled by the new Illinois General Assembly.
Senate members have proposed raising the current minimum wage, which is $8.25 an hour, by 50 cents a year until reaching $11 in 2021 as part of a bipartisan budget package. A proposed bill by House members meanwhile looks to bump up minimum wage to $15 an hour by October.
Senate approved bills in 2014 and 2015 to raise the minimum wage to $11 by 2019. The House has not yet approved a minimum wage increase.
About 63 percent of voters were in favor to raise the minimum wage for adults to $10 in a 2014 advisory memorandum.
The Illinois' minimum wage was last raised from $8 to $8.25 in July 2010. That was the result of a 2006 law.