2021-01-22                     Senate Journal                      Page 0038
SB 16                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 16 BY SENATORS BEGICH, Gray-Jackson,                                                                            
entitled:                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
      "An Act relating to the authority and procedures of the                                                                   
      State Commission for Human Rights; requiring an annual                                                                    
      report concerning the payment of equal pay for                                                                            
      comparable work; increasing the minimum wage; relating                                                                    
      to and prohibiting wage discrimination based on the sex of                                                                
      an employee; and providing for an effective date."                                                                        
      (Prefile released January 8, 2021)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce,                                                                 
Judiciary and Finance Committees.