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Relating to claims for unemployment insurance benefits and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Workforce Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 18, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 18, 2024
- Done: Senate committeeJanuary 24, 2024
- Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 28, 202430–17
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary To get unemployment benefits, people will need to complete and report at least four job search activities every week. The state will also check a person's identity at least once a year, using extra security steps for anyone applying online.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to claims for unemployment insurance benefits. The bill requires an individual to perform a minimum of four work search activities, and document and report each activity to the department of workforce development, each week in order to be eligible for unemployment benefits for the week. The bill specifies work search activities that satisfy these requirements. The bill requires the department to verify the identity of a claimant before payment of unemployment benefits to the claimant. The bill also requires the department to use multi-factor authentication to verify the identity of any claimant submitting a claim for benefits through an internet site or online portal. These verifications are required at least once per benefit year. The bill takes effect January 1, 2025.
Changed since by amendment S-5027; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 18, 2024 (as SSB 3093). On January 23, 2024 it recommended passage. [].
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