Bill Title: To create the Gender Pay Disparity Task Force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-10 - To Commerce, Labor and Technology
[HB120 Detail]Download: Ohio-2013-HB120-Introduced.html
As Introduced
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Representatives Lundy, Driehaus
Cosponsors:
Representatives Ramos, Fedor, Hagan, R., Phillips, Antonio, Cera, Boyd, Rogers, Stinziano, Foley, Clyde, Pillich, Strahorn, Reece
A BILL
| To create the Gender Pay Disparity Task Force. | 1 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. (A) There is hereby created the Gender Pay | 2 |
Disparity Task Force consisting of the following members: | 3 |
(1) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the | 4 |
Speaker of the House of Representatives; | 5 |
(2) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the | 6 |
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; | 7 |
(3) A member of the Senate appointed by the President of the | 8 |
Senate; | 9 |
(4) A member of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader | 10 |
of the Senate; | 11 |
(5) A member who is licensed to practice law in the state and | 12 |
who specializes in the field of labor law appointed by the | 13 |
Governor; | 14 |
(6) A member who represents business interests appointed by | 15 |
the Governor; | 16 |
(7) A member who represents Ohio women's organizations | 17 |
appointed by the Governor. | 18 |
(B) At least four members of the Task Force shall be women. | 19 |
(C) Members of the Task Force shall be appointed not later | 20 |
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any | 21 |
vacancy in the membership of the Task Force shall be filled in the | 22 |
same manner as the original appointment. Members of the Task Force | 23 |
shall serve without compensation. The staff of the Legislative | 24 |
Service Commission shall provide technical and administrative | 25 |
support as needed by the Task Force. | 26 |
(D) The Task Force shall hold its initial meeting not later | 27 |
than thirty days after the last member of the Task Force is | 28 |
appointed. The Task Force shall elect a chairperson during the | 29 |
initial meeting of the Task Force. All subsequent meetings of the | 30 |
Task Force shall be held at the call of the chairperson. | 31 |
(E) The Task Force shall do all of the following: | 32 |
(1) Determine the extent of the pay disparity between men and | 33 |
women in Ohio; | 34 |
(2) Identify the causes of such disparity; | 35 |
(3) Develop recommendations for legislative action to | 36 |
decrease the pay disparity between men and women in Ohio; | 37 |
(4) Not later than six months after the effective date of | 38 |
this section, issue a report of its findings and recommendations | 39 |
to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of | 40 |
the House of Representatives. | 41 |
(F) Upon issuance of the report described in division (E)(4) | 42 |
of this section, the Task Force shall cease to exist. | 43 |