Pennsylvania 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee 9 D cosponsors

SB 788 — An Act amending the act of December 17, 1959 (P.L.1913, No.694), known as the Equal Pay Law, providing for pay ranges.

Last action — PN 0987 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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The bill adds requirements for employers to disclose pay ranges and factors influencing pay to job applicants and employees seeking promotions or transfers.

  • Section 3.1

    Section 3.1. Pay Ranges.--(a) An employer shall provide the pay range and the factors the employer considers in setting pay ranges to: (1) an applicant for a position offered in a job posting; (2) an employe who is a candidate for a position offered as an internal transfer or promotion. (b) If no pay range exists, an employer shall provide the minimum wage or salary set by the employer before the employer posted the position or offered an internal transfer or promotion. (c) Upon hiring an employe, and annually thereafter, an employer shall provide the employe, in writing, the pay range for the employe's job title and for jobs within the employer's business that are substantially similar with respect to the skill, effort and responsibility required to perform the jobs and the conditions under which the jobs are performed. (d) This section applies to employers with fifteen or more employes.

    Employers must disclose pay ranges and factors influencing pay to job applicants and workers seeking promotions.

Action History

  1. PN 0987 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 244 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (244)

244 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 788?
SB 788 is sponsored by Amanda M. Cappelletti (Democratic), Katie J. Muth (Democratic), John I. Kane (Democratic), Wayne D. Fontana (Democratic), Vincent J. Hughes (Democratic), Jay Costa (Democratic), Maria Collett (Democratic), Steven J. Santarsiero (Democratic), and Timothy P. Kearney (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 788?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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