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2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2451

Mississippi Equal Pay Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 28, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI EQUAL PAY ACT; TO PROHIBIT AN EMPLOYER FROM PAYING ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES AT WAGE RATES LESS THAN THOSE PAID TO EMPLOYEES OF ANOTHER SEX FOR EQUAL WORK UNLESS A WAGE DIFFERENTIAL IS BASED UPON ONE OR MORE SPECIFIED FACTORS; TO PROVIDE A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST EMPLOYERS WHO VIOLATE THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT EMPLOYEES WHO RECOVER UNDER THIS ACT AND ALSO RECOVER UNDER A FEDERAL CAUSE OF ACTION FOR THE SAME EMPLOYER CONDUCT SHALL RETURN THE SMALLER OF THE TWO AWARDS TO THE EMPLOYER; 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

1 co-sponsor

Nicole Boyd

Its course

January 17 to March 28, 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 action14 actions on 11 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 923 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 17 to Jan 2710 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 9 to Mar 827 days

Judiciary AFeb 14 to Feb 239 days

Back in the SenateMar 8 to Mar 28 · stopped20 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 9

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives 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 Jan 17 – Feb 9

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Jan 27Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 9Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 14 – Mar 8

  1. Feb 14Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  3. Feb 23Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 8Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 9 – Mar 28

  1. Mar 9Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Mar 10Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Mar 17Conferees named in the Senate: Wiggins, Boyd and Parker
  4. Mar 26Conferees named in the House: Cockerham, White and Tullos
  5. Mar 28Died in conference in the Senate
All 14 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Jan 27Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 9AmendedSenate
  4. Feb 9Passed As AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 14Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 14Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 23Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 8AmendedHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 8Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 9Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 10Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
  12. Mar 17Conferees Named Wiggins,Boyd,ParkerSenate
  13. Mar 26Conferees Named Cockerham,White,TullosHouse of Representatives
  14. Mar 28Died In ConferenceSenate