UNEMPLOYMENT COMP: Provides relative to the duration of unemployment compensation benefits and provides for extended benefits (EN +$81,550 FF EX See Note)
This bill modifies the rules for unemployment compensation benefits in the state, specifically adjusting how benefit durations and amounts are calculated. It changes the language to allow for benefits "up to" a certain limit rather than an exact equal amount, clarifies that official notices must be published in the state, and alters payment schedules from monthly to biannual installments. These adjustments directly affect individuals receiving unemployment insurance and the administrative processes used to manage those funds.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 21, 2024
Signed Jun 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2024 · House Apr 24, 2024
How they voted
26–11
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
May 21, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Nay
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (9-3).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Troy Romero
RRepublican
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