Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed a bill into law Tuesday to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025.

 

Pritzker ousted former Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) in November and campaigned on raising the minimum wage.

 

The state's minimum wage is currently $8.25 an hour. It will rise to $9.25 an hour on Jan. 1, 2020, then to $10 an hour that July. After that the minimum wage will increase by $1 each year until 2025.

 

Pritzker indicated he would sign the bill in a statement Thursday, saying “After nearly a decade of delay, I applaud the House and Senate for passing a living wage with the fierce urgency this moment requires.”

 

The bill launched a largely partisan debate in the state's legislature, and was strongly opposed by Republicans.

 

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