Permits temporary appointment of additional members to the Board of Review in the Division of Employment Security.
This bill allows the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to temporarily appoint up to three additional members to the Board of Review, which handles unemployment benefit appeals. Appointments can be made through interim roles for State employees (who keep their primary jobs) or intermittent roles for non-State employees. If three additional members are appointed, the Board's membership increases to six, requiring the commissioner to form two independent panels from these six members to process appeals, with flexibility to reassign members as needed for operational efficiency. This change aims to improve the Board's capacity to manage appeal volumes without altering the Board's core responsibilities.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2024
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Sep 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Sep 12, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 28, 2024 · General Assembly Jun 28, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jun 28, 2024
D
Democratic25
100% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Sep 12, 2024
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2024, c.77.
executive
Jun 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0)
upper
Jun 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (74-2-1)
lower
Jun 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 26, 2024
Committee
Recommitted to Assembly Budget Committee
lower
Jun 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 24, 2024
Committee
Recommitted to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee
lower
4 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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