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SB 1568: Reemployment Assistance

GENERAL BILL by Bracy

Reemployment Assistance; Revising requirements for reemployment assistance benefits eligibility; prohibiting the Department of Economic Opportunity from denying a person reemployment assistance solely on the basis of pregnancy; requiring an alternative base period to be used under certain circumstances when calculating wages in determining qualification for reemployment assistance benefits; requiring the department to contact an individual’s employer if certain wage information is unavailable from specified reports; specifying that wages that fall within an alternative base period are not available for reuse in subsequent benefit years, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Commerce and Tourism
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/5/2022 Senate • Filed
1/12/2022 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations -SJ 135
1/18/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 135
3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Commerce and Tourism