BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 5240: Unemployment ins. appeals

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures.

Summary

Removes the requirement that the Office of Administrative Hearings review a claimant's availability for work in every dispute involving a person's unemployment insurance benefits or waiting week credits.
Specifies that all matters covered by an initial determination, determination, or redetermination on a person's claim for unemployment insurance benefits are at issue in an appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings, regardless of the particular grounds set forth in the notice of appeal.

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Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

AN ACT Relating to unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures;

Passed February 28, 2023

Version voted on: SB 5240

47 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	28	0	0	1
Republican	19	0	0	1

How each member voted

Jan 17, 2024Senate Rules "X" file.
Jan 8, 2024By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 23, 2023By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Mar 2, 2023First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
Feb 28, 2023Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
Feb 28, 2023Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Feb 8, 2023Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Jan 25, 2023Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Jan 24, 2023LC - Majority; do pass.
Jan 10, 2023First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

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