South Carolina 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee

H 3615 — Act to Establish Pay Equity

Last action — Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robinson

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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.

Summary

A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 11 TO TITLE 41 SO AS TO ENACT THE "ACT TO ESTABLISH PAY EQUITY", TO PROVIDE THAT NO EMPLOYER MAY PAY WAGES TO EMPLOYEES AT RATES LESS THAN THE RATES PAID TO EMPLOYEES OF OTHER RACES, RELIGIONS, COLORS, SEXES, INCLUDING GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGES, NATIONAL ORIGINS, OR DISABILITY STATUSES FOR COMPARABLE WORK, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR THE DISCLOSURE OF WAGES ARE UNLAWFUL, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS, TO PROVIDE CIVIL ACTIONS ASSERTING VIOLATIONS MAY BE MAINTAINED AGAINST EMPLOYERS IN COURTS OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECOVERY OF UNPAID WAGES AND DAMAGES, TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR EMPLOYERS WHO VIOLATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, TO ESTABLISH PAY EQUITY, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS AND TO BRING CERTAIN ACTIONS, TO PROVIDE EMPLOYERS SHALL POST CERTAIN INFORMATION IN CONSPICUOUS PLACES, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS.

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Action History

  1. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Robinson

  2. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hyde

  3. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bales, Govan

  4. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thigpen

  5. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Parks

  6. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wheeler

  7. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Dillard

  8. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cobb-Hunter

  9. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Howard, Simmons

  10. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cogswell, Bernstein

  11. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pendarvis

  12. Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  13. Introduced and read first time

Sponsors

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27 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 143 not signed on

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Not signed on (143)

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Frequently asked questions

What does H 3615 do?
A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 11 TO TITLE 41 SO AS TO ENACT THE "ACT TO ESTABLISH PAY EQUITY", TO PROVIDE THAT NO EMPLOYER MAY PAY WAGES TO EMPLOYEES AT RATES LESS THAN THE RATES PAID TO EMPLOYEES OF OTHER RACES, RELIGIONS, COLORS, SEXES, INCLUDING GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGES, NATIONAL ORIGINS, OR DISABILITY STATUSES FOR COMPARABLE WORK, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR THE DISCLOSURE OF WAGES ARE UNLAWFUL, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS, TO PROVIDE CIVIL ACTIONS ASSERTING VIOLATIONS MAY BE MAINTAINED AGAINST EMPLOYERS IN COURTS OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECOVERY OF UNPAID WAGES AND DAMAGES, TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR EMPLOYERS WHO VIOLATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, TO ESTABLISH PAY EQUITY, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS AND TO BRING CERTAIN ACTIONS, TO PROVIDE EMPLOYERS SHALL POST CERTAIN INFORMATION IN CONSPICUOUS PLACES, AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS.
Who sponsors H 3615?
H 3615 is sponsored by Wheeler, William W., III, Thigpen, Ivory Torrey, Representative Seth Rose, Representative Kambrell H. Garvin, Representative John Richard C. King, Representative Annie E. McDaniel, Clary, Representative Michael F. Rivers, Sr., Representative Wendell G. Gilliard, Norrell, Representative J. Todd Rutherford, Representative Beth E. Bernstein, Representative Leon Howard, Simmons, Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter, Representative Chandra E. Dillard, Bales, Representative Jerry N. Govan, Jr., Robinson, Leola C., Hyde, Max T., Jr., Parks, J. Anne, Cogswell, William Scott, Jr., Pendarvis, Marvin R., Jefferson, Joseph H., Jr., Henegan, Patricia Moore, Henderson-Myers, Rosalyn D., and Brawley, Wendy C..
What is the current status of H 3615?
This bill died with 2019-2020 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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