Pay Equity for All Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 25, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 25, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Pay Equity for All Act of 2019
This bill makes it unlawful for an employer to
- rely on the wage history of a prospective employee in considering the employee for employment;
- rely on the wage history of a prospective employee in determining the employee's wages (with an exception);
- seek from a prospective employee or any current or former employer the wage history of the employee (with an exception); or
- discharge or retaliate against any employee or prospective employee because that employee is opposed to any act or practice made unlawful by this bill, or has taken an action for which discrimination is forbidden.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 25, 2019 to Dec 2, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Mar 25, 2019 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 25, 2019 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Mar 25, 2019 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Apr 10, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | May 10, 2019 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Jun 4, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 25, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 25, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E346)
- Mar 25, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E346 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC | Mar 25, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 51, March 25, 2019, page H2796.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2242 | Pay Equity for All Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 26, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit certain practices by employers relating to restrictions on discussion of employees' and prospective employees' salary and benefit history, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Pay Equity for All Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 25, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
