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House Bill 9135




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9135

        By Representatives Horan, Wasserman Schultz, Brennan,
    Lynn, Culp, Mackenzie, Kosmas, Fischer, Brown, D. Prewitt,
    Heyman, Bullard, Betancourt, Frankel, Murman, Roberts-Burke,
    Bloom, Dawson-White, Edwards, Turnbull, Argenziano and Boyd



  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing April 11, 1997, as

  3         National Pay Inequity Awareness Day.

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  5         WHEREAS, more than 30 years after the passage of the

  6  Equal Pay Act, women continue to suffer from an unfair gap

  7  between the salaries of women and men, and

  8         WHEREAS, according to a state-by-state study, women in

  9  Florida rank among the most economically dependent in the

10  nation, and

11         WHEREAS, women nationally are paid only 71 cents for

12  each dollar a man earns, while in Florida a woman earns even

13  less:  69.6 cents for every dollar a man is paid, and

14         WHEREAS, April 11 marks the day that a woman's pay,

15  combined with her earnings from the previous year, finally

16  equals the wages a man is paid in just one calendar year, and

17         WHEREAS, fair pay is a long-term investment with a big

18  payoff in terms of stronger employee loyalty, better

19  production, and higher morale, and

20         WHEREAS, on April 11, 1997, women across the nation

21  will join together to call attention to the inequity between

22  the wages of women and men, NOW, THEREFORE,

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24  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

25  Florida:

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27         That the House of Representatives pauses in its

28  deliberation to recognize April 11, 1997, as National Pay

29  Inequity Awareness Day.

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