Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
House Bill 865
Mississippi Equal Pay Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT AN EMPLOYER FROM PAYING AN EMPLOYEE A WAGE AT A RATE LESS THAN THE RATE AT WHICH AN EMPLOYEE OF ANOTHER SEX IN THE SAME ESTABLISHMENT IS PAID FOR EQUAL WORK UNLESS THE WAGE DIFFERENTIAL IS BASED UPON A SENIORITY SYSTEM, A MERIT SYSTEM, A SYSTEM WHICH MEASURES EARNINGS BY QUANTITY OR QUALITY OF PRODUCTION OR A DIFFERENTIAL BASED ON ANY FACTOR OTHER THAN SEX; 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
32 co-sponsors
Brent Anderson, Randy P. Boyd, Larry Byrd, Lester Carpenter, Sam Creekmore IV, Jerry Darnell, Kevin Felsher, Jill Ford, Dale Goodin, Jeff Hale, Bill Kinkade, Jonathan Ray Lancaster, Steve Massengill, Kent McCarty, Missy McGee, Doug McLeod, Tom Miles, Ken Morgan, Karl Oliver, Jansen Owen, John Read, Rob Roberson, Donnie Scoggin, Fred Shanks, Joseph Tubb, Mark Tullos, Jerry R. Turner, Price Wallace, Joseph L. Wright, Shanda Yates, Henry Zuber III, William Tracy Arnold
Its course
January 17 to February 1, 2022, 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
Judiciary AJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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 17 – Feb 1
- Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
- Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives