Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Workforce Development Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
House Bill 129
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.
Its course
January 11 to February 5, 2019, 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 11 to Feb 5 · stopped25 days
Workforce DevelopmentJan 11 to Feb 5 · stopped25 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 11 – Feb 5
- Jan 11Referred to the House committees on Workforce Development and on Judiciary A
- Feb 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 11Referred To Workforce Development;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
- Feb 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives