BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

SB 5959: FML insurance solvency

Concerning the financial stability and solvency of the family and medical leave insurance account.

Summary

Directs the Office of the State Actuary to provide Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) actuarial assistance to the Employment Security Department (ESD) and to prepare biennial reports regarding PFML financial stability.
Appropriates $125,000,000 Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery funds into the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Account (FMLIA) in fiscal year (FY) 2022.
Directs the transfer of Dedicated Marijuana Account funds into the FMLIA to eliminate, or reduce to maximum extent, a PFML solvency surcharge in FY 2023 thru 2028.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the financial stability and solvency of the family and medical leave insurance account;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5959 (2025–26) Charity care residency · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5959 (2023–24) Traffic safety cameras · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5959 (2019–20) Livestock identification · Enacted · Chapter 92, Laws of 2019
SB 5959 (2017–18) Capital gains tax · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5959 (2015–16) Natural resources management · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5959 (2013–14) Educator prof. learning days · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5959 (2011–12) K-12 educator employment · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5959 (2009–10) State need grant program · Did not pass · died in committee