l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 178

Equal pay certificate; require certain businesses to have before contracting above $100,000.00 with state agency or department.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Workforce Development Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE TWENTY OR MORE EMPLOYEES TO OBTAIN AN EQUAL PAY CERTIFICATE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION BEFORE EXECUTING ANY CONTRACTS OVER $100,000.00 WITH A DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY OF THE STATE; TO PROVIDE THE STANDARDS A BUSINESS MUST MEET BEFORE RECEIVING AN EQUAL PAY CERTIFICATE; TO PROVIDE THAT AN EQUAL PAY CERTIFICATE MAY BE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED; TO PROVIDE THAT A CONTRACT WITH A BUSINESS MAY BE VOIDED IF THE BUSINESS DOES NOT HAVE AN EQUAL PAY CERTIFICATE; TO PROVIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS IF AN EQUAL PAY CERTIFICATE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OR IF A CONTRACT IS VOIDED BECAUSE A BUSINESS DOES NOT HAVE AN EQUAL PAY CERTIFICATE; 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

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

  1. Jan 11Referred to the House committees on Workforce Development and on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 11Referred To Workforce Development;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives