Mississippi House Bill 1257 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Evelyn Gandy Fair Pay Act To Prohibit Discrimination By Industries Engaged In Commerce Or In The Production Of Goods For Commerce Against Any Employee On The Basis Of Sex By Paying A Salary Or Wage To Such Employee At A Rate Less Than The Rate Paid To Its Employees Of The Opposite Sex For Equal Work On Jobs That Require Equal Skill, Effort And Responsibility To Perform; To Provide When An Unlawful Employment Practice Occurs; To Provide The Remedies For An Employer When An Unlawful Employment Practice Occurs; And For Related Purposes.

Evelyn Gandy Fair Pay Act; create to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex.

Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes [D]

Rep. John Faulkner [D]

Rep. Lataisha Jackson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-15	House	Referred To Workforce Development;Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB1257.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1257IN.htm