SB 6526: Unemployment insurance
Allowing certain individuals to seek part-time employment while maintaining eligibility for unemployment insurance in order to qualify for the unemployment insurance modernization incentive provisions of the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009.
Summary
- An otherwise eligible individual cannot be denied benefits solely because the individual is seeking only part-time work if the Employment Security Department (ESD) determines that a majority of the weeks of work in the individual's base year were for part-time work (less than 35 hours per week).
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6526), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
- IntroducedJan 15, 2010
- Out of committeeFeb 4, 2010
- Passed Senatestopped here
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
- Introduced
- January 15, 2010 in the Senate
- Last action
- March 15, 2010
- Requested by
- State agency
- Companion bill
- HB 2647
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to allowing certain individuals to seek part-time employment while maintaining eligibility for unemployment insurance in order to qualify for the unemployment insurance modernization incentive provisions of the American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
5 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- Minority; do not pass.
- LCCP - Majority; do pass.
- Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection.
SB 6526 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 6526 (2019–20) Prescription drug reuse
- SB 6526 (2017–18) Noncompetition agreements
- SB 6526 (2015–16) Human trafficking
- SB 6526 (2013–14) Workers' compensation
- SB 6526 (2011–12) Medicaid cost containment
- SB 6526 (2007–08) Firearms possession
- SB 6526 (2005–06) Traffic safety cameras
- SB 6526 (2003–04) Judgments