l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2174

Evelyn Gandy Fair Pay Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE EVELYN GANDY FAIR PAY ACT TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION BY INDUSTRIES ENGAGED IN COMMERCE OR IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS FOR COMMERCE AGAINST ANY EMPLOYEE ON THE BASIS OF SEX BY PAYING A SALARY OR WAGE TO SUCH EMPLOYEE AT A RATE LESS THAN THE RATE PAID TO ITS EMPLOYEES OF THE OPPOSITE SEX FOR EQUAL WORK ON JOBS THAT REQUIRE EQUAL SKILL, EFFORT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO PERFORM; TO PROVIDE WHEN AN UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE OCCURS; TO PROVIDE THE REMEDIES FOR AN EMPLOYER WHEN AN UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE OCCURS; 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

Its course

January 27 to March 3, 2020, 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 27 to Mar 3 · stopped36 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 27 to Mar 3 · stopped36 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 27 – Mar 3

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division A and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published