- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 221
- Latest action
- Mar 25, 2025
What it does
The Paycheck Fairness Act would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to strengthen protections against sex-based wage discrimination by expanding the definition of sex to include pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics; modifying the bona fide factor defense to require employers to justify pay disparities with job-related, business-necessary factors not derived from sex; broadening the "same establishment" standard to include employees in the same county or political subdivision; enhancing remedies to allow compensatory and punitive damages (with exceptions for the government); prohibiting retaliation for wage discussions or disclosures; permitting class…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.