Making unemployment benefits accessible to persons with family responsibilities and other availability issues and making clarifying changes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 13, 2020
Signed Mar 27, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2020 · House Mar 5, 2020
How they voted
30–14
Passed
Total votes 44
Mar 10, 2020
D
Democratic27
100% Yea
R
Republican17
82% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
15
Committee
10
Mar 27, 2020
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Mar 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Speaker signed.
upper
Mar 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Mar 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed final passage; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0.
upper
Mar 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House amendments.
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Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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Mar 5, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (55-38-1)
house
Feb 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
upper
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
lower
Feb 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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Feb 5, 2020
Committee
On motion, referred to Rules.
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
And refer to Ways & Means.
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Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
upper
Jan 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
upper
Jan 13, 2020
Introduced
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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