HB165 - Alabama Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act

• Establishes the Alabama Equal Pay Remedies and Enforcement Act and declares legislative findings that wage differentials persist between men and women and between minorities and non-minorities despite existing anti-discrimination laws.

• Creates the nine-member Alabama Equal Pay Commission with representatives from business, labor organizations, equal pay advocacy groups, and higher education/research institutions, to be appointed within 90 days of the act's effective date.

• Directs the commission to conduct a comprehensive study of wage disparities in both public and private sectors, including causes such as occupational segregation, lower wages for female-dominated jobs, and effects on families and the economy.

• Requires the commission to submit a final report by the tenth legislative day of the 2019 Regular Session with findings and recommendations, both legislative and otherwise, for eliminating and preventing wage disparities.

• Commission is dissolved upon submission of its final report; act becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.