AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Increases partial unemployment benefits by disregarding an amount of earnings when calculating weekly benefit rate with expiration date of 6/30/22.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
May 2021
Introduced Apr 28, 2021
Signed May 21, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2021
How they voted
33–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
May 11, 2021
D
Democratic31
90% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
3
May 21, 2021
Signed into law
05/21/2021 Signed by Governor
executive
May 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
05/19/2021 House passed as amended in concurrence
lower
May 18, 2021
Legislature · Passed
05/18/2021 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence
legislature
May 12, 2021
Committee
05/12/2021 Referred to House Finance
lower
May 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
05/11/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment)
upper
May 5, 2021
Legislature · Passed
05/05/2021 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 28, 2021
Introduced
04/28/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DR
Dominick Ruggerio
DDemocratic
P
Frank Ciccone
DDemocratic
P
Maryellen Goodwin
DDemocratic
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