l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2522

Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Workforce Development Committee on June 9, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

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, EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE 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

4 co-sponsors

Nicole Boyd, David Jordan, John Horhn, Michael McLendon

Its course

February 17 to June 9, 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 action10 actions on 7 days

In the SenateFeb 17 to Mar 1224 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 17 to Feb 2710 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 27 to Mar 35 days

Judiciary, Division AMar 3 to Mar 30 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 12 to Jun 9 · stopped89 days

Workforce DevelopmentMar 25 to Jun 9 · stopped76 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

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 Feb 17 – Mar 12

  1. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division A and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Feb 27Reported from JA to AC in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 3Reported as a committee substitute from AC to JA in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  5. Mar 12Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  6. Amended in the Senate
  7. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Mar 16 – Jun 9

  1. Mar 16Sent to the House
  2. Mar 25Referred to the House committees on Workforce Development and on Judiciary A
  3. Jun 9Died in committee in the House
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Feb 17Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Feb 27DR - TSDP: JA To ACSenate
  3. Mar 3DR - TSDPCS: AC To JASenate
  4. Mar 3Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  5. Mar 12Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  6. Mar 12AmendedSenate
  7. Mar 12Passed As AmendedSenate
  8. Mar 16Transmitted To HouseSenate
  9. Mar 25Referred To Workforce Development;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  10. Jun 9Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives