HR 51
- Session Year: 2019-2020
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2019-08-12
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| Aug 26, 2019 | Coauthors revised. |
| Aug 22, 2019 | From Consent Calendar. |
| Aug 19, 2019 | From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 19). |
| Aug 15, 2019 | Referred to Com. on RLS. |
| Aug 12, 2019 | Introduced. |
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| Aug 19, 2019 | Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. | Assembly Standing Committee on Rules |
Passed |
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Date of Hearing: August 19, 2019
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Ken Cooley, Chair
ABPCA Bill Id:HR 51 (
Author:Weber) – As Introduced Ver:August 12, 2019
SUBJECT: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day.
SUMMARY: Proclaims Thursday, August 22, 2019, as Black Women’s Equal Pay Day in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings by African American women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings:
- More than half a century after the passage of the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963, women still struggle to receive equal pay for equal work. Women earn only 80 cents to every dollar a man earns.
- Equal Pay Day on April 2 marks the time when women, on average, catch up to the wages paid to men from the previous year; however, women of color suffer the greatest consequences from pay discrimination.
- African American women earn about 61 cents on the dollar; therefore, they must work eight additional months to catch up with the amount that men made the previous year.
- The wage gap significantly impacts poverty among African American women and families. More than 80 percent of Black mothers are breadwinners for their families, and nearly one-third of those families live below the poverty level.
- Today, millions of African American women and families are living in poverty and struggling to get by. Their hard work is devalued simply because of their gender and the color of their skin. A lifetime of lower pay means African American women have less income to save for their education, housing, families, and retirement.
- In order to address this persistent problem, both public and private data gathering is needed so that gaps can be better identified and addressed. According to the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, equitable pay policies can be implemented simply and without undue costs or hardship in both the public and private sectors.
- Black Women’s Equal Pay Day on August 22, 2019 symbolizes the time in 2019 when the wages paid to African American women catch up to the wages paid to men in 2018.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by: Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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