Senate Bill 171 would set a state-mandated minimum wage of $10 per hour. Get our free mobile appCurrently Alabama is one of five southern states that has no required minimum wage, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee are the other four states that apply the Federal Minimum Wage Rate of $7.25. Currently, 30 states and Washington, D.C. have their own minimum wage laws, most above the federal minimum level. Robert Bentley (R-Tuscaloosa) signed the bill invalidating Birmingham's minimum wage ordinance, effectively ending any improvement in employee salaries. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Alabama’s “preemption law” (using state law to override a local ordinance) violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection rights.