Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Workforce Development Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
House Bill 809
Mississippi Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI PREGNANT WORKERS FAIRNESS ACT" TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT BASED ON PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH, OR A RELATED CONDITION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYER SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION IN RELATION TO PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND RELATED CONDITIONS; TO CREATE AN ACTIONABLE RIGHT FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE AND WHO BELIEVES HIS OR HER RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 18 to February 2, 2021, 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 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
Workforce DevelopmentJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 18 – Feb 2
- Jan 18Referred to the House committees on Workforce Development and on Judiciary A
- Feb 2Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 18Referred To Workforce Development;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives