2022 Regular Session • Mississippi Legislature
HB865: Mississippi Equal Pay Act; create.
Legislative Summary
An Act To Prohibit An Employer From Paying An Employee A Wage At A Rate Less Than The Rate At Which An Employee Of Another Sex In The Same Establishment Is Paid For Equal Work Unless The Wage Differential Is Based Upon A Seniority System, A Merit System, A System Which Measures Earnings By Quantity Or Quality Of Production Or A Differential Based On Any Factor Other Than Sex; And For Related Purposes.
Bill History
1/17/2022
Referred To Judiciary A
House of Representatives
2/1/2022
Died In Committee
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Failed(2/1/2022)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Republican: 31
Democrat: 1
Independent: 1
Primary Sponsor

Dana Underwood McLean
Republican
Co-Sponsors (32)
Brent Anderson
Republican
Randy Boyd
Republican
Larry Byrd
Republican
Lester Carpenter
Republican
Sam Creekmore
Republican
Jerry Darnell
Republican
Kevin Felsher
Republican
Jill Ford
Republican
Dale Goodin
Republican
Jeff Hale
Republican
Bill Kinkade
Republican
Jon Lancaster
Republican
Steve Massengill
Republican
Kent McCarty
Republican
Missy Warren McGee
Republican
Doug McLeod
Republican
Tom Miles
Democrat
Ken Morgan
Republican
Karl Oliver
Republican
Jansen Owen
Republican
John Read
Republican
Rob Roberson
Republican
Donnie Scoggin
Republican
Fred Shanks
Republican
Joseph Tubb
Republican
Mark Tullos
Republican
Jerry Turner
Republican
Price Wallace
Republican
Lynn Wright
Republican
Shanda Yates
Independent
Henry Zuber
Republican
William Arnold
Republican