The Legislature passed the comprehensive bill to block three ballot questions from going before voters in the fall. The legislation would raise the minimum wage to $15 from $11 over five years, increase tipped wages to $6.75 an hour from $3.75 over five years, and create a paid family and medical leave program.

Workers would be eligible to take up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or 20 weeks of paid medical leave to deal with a serious injury or illness for themselves or family members.

The program would be paid through a 0.63 percent payroll tax that would, on average, cost $4 to $4.50 a week per employee, split roughly 50-50 between worker and employer. Employees would see a deduction in their paychecks starting next summer, with the leave benefits available beginning in 2021.

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