Mississippi House Bill 178 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Businesses That Have Twenty Or More Employees To Obtain An Equal Pay Certificate From The Department Of Finance And Administration Before Executing Any Contracts Over $100,000.00 With A Department Or Agency Of The State; To Provide The Standards A Business Must Meet Before Receiving An Equal Pay Certificate; To Provide That An Equal Pay Certificate May Be Suspended Or Revoked; To Provide That A Contract With A Business May Be Voided If The Business Does Not Have An Equal Pay Certificate; To Provide For Administrative Hearings If An Equal Pay Certificate Is Suspended Or Revoked Or If A Contract Is Voided Because A Business Does Not Have An Equal Pay Certificate; And For Related Purposes.

Equal pay certificate; require certain businesses to have before contracting above $100,000.00 with state agency or department.

Rep. Orlando Paden [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-11	House	Referred To Workforce Development;Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0178.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0178IN.htm