South Carolina House Bill 3428

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-29 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: King
Pending: House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "south Carolina Equal Pay For Equal Work Act"; And By Adding Chapter 12 To Title 41 So As To Prohibit On The Basis Of Sex The Paying Of Wages To Employees Of One Sex At A Lesser Rate Than The Rate Paid To Employees Of The Opposite Sex For Comparable Work In Jobs Which Require The Same Or Essentially The Same Knowledge, Skill, Effort, And Responsibility, To Provide Definitions, Exceptions, And Prohibit Specific Employer Actions With Regard To These Requirements, And To Provide Administrative And, Where Applicable, Judicial Remedies For Violations.

Equal Pay

Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter [D]

Rep. Patricia Henegan [D]

Rep. John King [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-29	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: King
2023-01-31		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
2023-01-10	House	Introduced and read first time
2022-12-08	House	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
2022-12-08	House	Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3428&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3428_20221208.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3428_20230131.htm