Mississippi Senate Bill 2137

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 3 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Equal Pay For Equal Work Reform Act; To Amend Section 71-17-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define New Terms; To Authorize The Executive Director Of The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Determine Protected Characteristics; To Amend Section 71-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That No Employer May Pay An Employee A Wage At A Rate Less Than The Rate At Which An Employee Who Does Not Have A Protected Characteristic In The Same Establishment Is Paid For Equal Work On A Job, The Performance Of Which Requires Equal Skill, Education, Effort And Responsibility, And Which Is Performed Under Similar Working Conditions Except Under Certain Circumstances; To Authorize The Recovery Of Punitive Damages In Civil Actions By Employees; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To File Suit To Enforce This Chapter; To Prohibit Employers From Retaliating Against Any Employee For Discussing Or Disclosing His Or Her Wages For The Purpose Of Identifying Wage Disparities; To Require The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Enforce Chapter 17 Of Title 71; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Investigate Claims And Mediate Claims Between An Employer And An Employee To Direct Codification; And For Related Purposes.

The Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Reform Act; enact.

Sen. Bradford Blackmon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2026-01-13	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
71	17	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
71	17	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/SB/SB2137.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2137IN.htm