Workforce Enhancement Training Fund contributions; provide for suspensions under certain circumstances.
SB 2286 modifies Mississippi's unemployment insurance contributions by requiring the suspension of payments to the Workforce Enhancement Training Fund when the state's insured unemployment rate averages above 5.5% for three consecutive months ending September 30 of the previous year. This suspension applies to the following rate year, meaning employers would not be required to pay this specific contribution during periods of elevated unemployment. The bill directly affects employers who pay unemployment insurance contributions, as it temporarily reduces their funding obligations to the training program under the defined economic condition. The provision maintains the existing structure of unemployment insurance payments while adding a trigger-based adjustment for workforce training fund contributions.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 10, 2025
Signed Mar 12, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2025 · House Mar 5, 2025
How they voted
50–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Feb 7, 2025
D
Democratic16
100% Yea
R
Republican35
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Mar 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
executive
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
Referred To Workforce Development
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To House
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Referred To Economic and Workforce Development
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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