The D.C. Council has voted to change the controversial Initiative 82, which changed how tipped employees were paid. Several restaurants have said the legislation forced them to close their doors, but the D.

The reopened conversation about I-82 comes after the Council voted in June to pause the pay bump — from $10 to $12 per hour — until October, which was prompted by a push from D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in her original budget proposal to repeal I-82. Bowser’s proposal sought to eliminate I-82 and revert the tipped minimum wage to $5.95.

The Council of the District of Columbia opted to strip Initiative 82 of some of its provisions Monday after the measure struggled to be fully implemented years after voters approved it. Lawmakers believed the initiative would be a compromise between workers and the restaurant industry,