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<HISTORY>
	<YEAR>2021</YEAR>
	<SESSION>Regular Session</SESSION>
	<SHORTTITLE>Equal pay for equal work; require employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.</SHORTTITLE>
	<LONGTITLE>AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NO EMPLOYER SHALL PAY AN EMPLOYEE A WAGE AT A RATE LESS THAN THE RATE AT WHICH AN EMPLOYEE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE SAME ESTABLISHMENT IS PAID FOR EQUAL WORK ON A JOB, THE PERFORMANCE OF WHICH REQUIRES EQUAL SKILL, EFFORT AND RESPONSIBILITY, AND WHICH IS PERFORMED UNDER SIMILAR WORKING CONDITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYEE MAY FILE A PETITION IN THE PROPER CIRCUIT COURT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.</LONGTITLE>
	<DATETIMELASTCHG>04/06/21 at 15:34</DATETIMELASTCHG>
 
	<MEASURE>
		<MSR_HS>H</MSR_HS>
		<MSR_TYPE>B</MSR_TYPE>
		<MSR_NUM>1278</MSR_NUM>
		<FORMAT_MSRID>House Bill 1278</FORMAT_MSRID>
		<SHORT_MSRID>HB 1278</SHORT_MSRID>
		<OWNER>H</OWNER>
	</MEASURE>
 
	<BACKGROUND>
		<DISPOSITION>Dead</DISPOSITION>
		<DEADLINE>General Bill/Constitutional Amendment</DEADLINE>
		<REVENUE>No</REVENUE>
		<VOTETYPE>Majority</VOTETYPE>
		<EFFECTIVEDATE>July 1, 2021</EFFECTIVEDATE>
	</BACKGROUND>
	<COMMITTEES>
		<HOUSE>
			<H_NAME>Workforce Development</H_NAME>
			<H_INCMTE>T</H_INCMTE>
			<H_LINK>../../House_cmtes/WD.xml</H_LINK>
		</HOUSE>
		<HOUSE>
			<H_NAME>Judiciary A</H_NAME>
			<H_INCMTE>F</H_INCMTE>
			<H_LINK>../../House_cmtes/JA.xml</H_LINK>
		</HOUSE>
	</COMMITTEES>
	<AUTHORS>
		<PRINCIPAL>
			<P_NAME>Clarke</P_NAME>
			<P_LINK>../../House_authors/Clarke.xml</P_LINK>
		</PRINCIPAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Summers</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Summers.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Stamps</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Stamps.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Bailey</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Bailey.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Bell (65th)</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Bell_(65th).xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Brown (70th)</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Brown_(70th).xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Denton</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Denton.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Gibbs (72nd)</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Gibbs_(72nd).xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Hudson</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Hudson.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>McCray</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/McCray.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Porter</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Porter.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Taylor</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Taylor.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
		<ADDITIONAL>
			<CO_NAME>Thompson</CO_NAME>
			<CO_LINK>../../House_authors/Thompson.xml</CO_LINK>
	</ADDITIONAL>
	</AUTHORS>
	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 1</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>01/18 (H) Referred To Workforce Development;Judiciary A</ACT_DESC>
	</ACTION>
	<ACTION>
		<ACT_NUMBER> 2</ACT_NUMBER>
		<ACT_DESC>02/02 (H) Died In Committee</ACT_DESC>
	</ACTION>
	<DOCUMENTS>
		<CURRENT>
			<CURRENT_PDF>../../../../documents/2021/pdf/HB/1200-1299/HB1278IN.pdf</CURRENT_PDF>
			<CURRENT_OTHER>../../../../documents/2021/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1278IN.htm</CURRENT_OTHER>
		</CURRENT>
		<INTRO>
			<INTRO_PDF>../../../../documents/2021/pdf/HB/1200-1299/HB1278IN.pdf</INTRO_PDF>
			<INTRO_OTHER>../../../../documents/2021/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1278IN.htm</INTRO_OTHER>
		</INTRO>
		<FISCALNOTE>
			<FISCALNOTEFLAG>N</FISCALNOTEFLAG>
			<FISCALNOTEPATH>../../../../documents/2021/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB1278.pdf</FISCALNOTEPATH>
		</FISCALNOTE>
	</DOCUMENTS>
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