Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2845
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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 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 SenateJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 21 – Feb 5
- Jan 21Referred to the Senate committees on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency and on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 21Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 5Died In CommitteeSenate