Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Workforce Development Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
House Bill 717
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NO EMPLOYER SHALL PAY AN EMPLOYEE A WAGE AT A RATE LESS THAN THE RATE AT WHICH AN EMPLOYEE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE SAME ESTABLISHMENT IS PAID FOR EQUAL WORK ON A JOB, THE PERFORMANCE OF WHICH REQUIRES EQUAL SKILL, EFFORT AND RESPONSIBILITY, AND WHICH IS PERFORMED UNDER SIMILAR WORKING CONDITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYEE MAY FILE A PETITION IN THE PROPER CIRCUIT COURT; 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 House of Representatives
Sponsor
6 co-sponsors
Randy P. Boyd, Lester Carpenter, Deborah Butler Dixon, Kathy Sykes, David Baria, Orlando Paden
Its course
January 9 to January 30, 2018, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 9 to Jan 30 · stopped21 days
Workforce DevelopmentJan 9 to Jan 30 · stopped21 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 House of Representatives Jan 9 – Jan 30
- Jan 9Referred to the House committees on Workforce Development and on Judiciary A
- Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 9Referred To Workforce Development;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
- Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives