SB 8609: Paycheck Fairness Act

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

AYE

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I am disappointed that the amendment did not pass. While I am certainly in favor working to eliminate pay equality, and many portions of this bill have a good merits to them, especially the parts about training, about fines and so forth, I think those will have a real tangible benefit. However on the other portions I don't see much tangible benefits to be arranged from that. Maybe the award could incentive some kind of innovation of some sort but I think that is rather ill suited to this since it is a matter of culture primarily and I don't think it is enough of an incentive to break that loose in any substantial way.

I am also not keen on raising taxes to fund measures that seem on the surface to be of limited utility in this regard. Though I will say I am open to being convinced otherwise on this point.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

So whats next here?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

NAY

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Will compile and certify when I get home tonight.

That sounds like a hell of a long night.