Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2894
Mississippi Pay Equity Act; prohibit wage discrimination based on gender.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE "MISSISSIPPI PAY EQUITY ACT" TO PROVIDE THAT NO EMPLOYER SHALL PAY AN EMPLOYEE A WAGE AT A RATE LESS THAN THE RATE AT WHICH AN EMPLOYEE OF A DIFFERENT GENDER IS PAID FOR EQUAL WORK; TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYEE MAY FILE A PETITION IN THE PROPER CIRCUIT COURT; TO PROHIBIT RETALIATORY DISCHARGE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency and on Judiciary, Division A
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate