BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

SB 5777: Unemp ins/strikes & lockouts

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.

Summary

Deletes a provision that disqualifies employees in a multi-employer bargaining unit from unemployment insurance benefits when the employees have been locked out following a strike against the employers in the bargaining unit.
Modifies the period of disqualification from unemployment insurance benefits for striking workers to end at the earlier of the Sunday following the first day of the strike or at the end of the strike.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5777), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers;

No recorded floor votes.

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

SB 5777 (2025–26) Payment card processing/tax · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5777 (2021–22) COVID-19 vaccine/children · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5777 (2019–20) Student mental health · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5777 (2017–18) Municipal gen. business lic. · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5777 (2015–16) St. employee whistleblowers · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5777 (2013–14) Audit of state universities · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5777 (2011–12) Car wash water quality · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5777 (2009–10) State health insurance pool · Enacted · Chapter 555, Laws of 2009