An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in administration of act, further providing for records of and reports by employers; in contributions by employers and employees, further providing for contributions by employees; in compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for rate and amount of compensation; in determination of compensation, appeals, reviews and procedure, further providing for determination of compensation appeals and for decision of referee and further appeals and reviews; and, in shared-work program, further providing for participating employer responsibilities.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2019
Committee Review
Nov 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 30, 2019
Last action Nov 20, 2019
Floor votes · House Jun 19, 2019
How they voted
199–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 200
Jun 19, 2019
D
Democratic92
98% Yea
R
Republican108
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
9
Nov 20, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Oct 29, 2019
Upper · Passed
PN 2812 Reported as amended
upper
Jun 21, 2019
Committee
Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY
upper
Jun 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jun 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 18, 2019
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Jun 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 4, 2019
Committee
Re-committed to RULES
lower
Jun 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
May 30, 2019
Committee
PN 1936 Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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