Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Labor Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2079
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT A MINIMUM WAGE LAW FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, WITH ANNUAL INCREMENTAL INCREASES OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD; TO DEFINE EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO THE MINIMUM WAGE LAW; TO EMPOWER THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, TO ENFORCE AND ADMINISTER THE PROVISIONS OF THE MINIMUM WAGE LAW; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND A CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST EMPLOYERS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE MINIMUM WAGE LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 17-1-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GOVERNING AUTHORITIES, IN THEIR DISCRETION, TO MANDATE A WAGE THAT IS MORE THAN THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE; TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-40, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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 7 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 SenateJan 7 to Feb 2 · stopped26 days
LaborJan 7 to Feb 2 · stopped26 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 7 – Feb 2
- Jan 7Referred to the Senate committees on Labor and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 7Referred To Labor;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate