AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY - BENEFITS (Increases the maximum weekly unemployment benefit rate to the higher of fifty-seven and one-half percent (57.5%) of the average weekly wages paid to workers in the prior calendar year or six hundred sixteen dollars ($616) per week.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2018
Committee Review
May 2018
Senate Passage
May 2018
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 5, 2018
Last action May 3, 2018
Floor votes · Senate May 2, 2018
How they voted
28–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 32
May 2, 2018
D
Democratic29
86% Yea
R
Republican3
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 3, 2018
Committee
05/03/2018 Referred to House Labor
lower
May 2, 2018
Legislature · Passed
05/02/2018 Senate read and passed
legislature
Apr 25, 2018
Legislature · Passed
04/25/2018 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 5, 2018
Introduced
04/05/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Michael J. McCaffrey
DDemocratic
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