---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; create."
description: "Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; create."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 770"
citation: "Mississippi HB 770 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary A", "Judiciary", "Division A"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cockerham"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32341c0d-4192-4564-8b97-a8057ece7a6d"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "f3b490482b902e25b9488d4d6fcd8b0cdee51b5d3726824828cdd88f8dacdf09"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi HB 770 (2022) — Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; create.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0770IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/ham/HB0770_H_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/HB0770_S_Amend_02.pdf)
4. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 770** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0770.pdf)
5. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0770PS.htm)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0770SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **42–9** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **111–6** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **114–6** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **40–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cockerham — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Byrd — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Gibbs (72nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Gunn — cosponsor (person)
- Harness — cosponsor (person)
- Karriem — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Mickens — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)
- Paden — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary A `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2022-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Judiciary, Division A `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2022-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2022-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Cockerham,White,Tullos
- **2022-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Wiggins,Boyd,Parker
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2022-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Suspend from Deadlines by HC 89
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2022-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32341c0d-4192-4564-8b97-a8057ece7a6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).