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DE HR27

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Introduced

4/8/2014

Primary Sponsor

Stephanie Bolden

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Origin

House of Representatives

147th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Designates Tuesday, April 8, 2014, as "Equal Pay Day" in the State of Delaware
  • Recognizes that women earn only 77% of what men earn for year-round, full-time work, representing a 23% wage gap
  • Notes that women of color face even greater disparities, with African American women earning 64% and Hispanic/Latina women earning 53% of what white men earned in 2012
  • Highlights that women lose an average of $431,000 in wages over a lifetime due to the earnings gap and that nearly four in ten mothers are primary household breadwinners
  • References the 2009 Lilly Ledbetter Act and President Obama's 2014 State of the Union Address addressing the wage gap issue

Legislative Description

Establishing April 8, 2014, As “equal Pay Day” In The State Of Delaware.

Last Action

Passed in House by Voice Vote

4/8/2014

Full Bill Text

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