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2008 SESSION

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HB 547 Unemployment compensation; maximum weekly benefit.

Introduced by: Samuel A. Nixon, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Unemployment compensation; minimum earnings; maximum weekly benefit. Increases the wages an employee must have earned in the two highest earnings quarters of his base period in order to be eligible for unemployment benefits from $2,700 to $3,000 for claims effective on or after July 5, 2009. The measure also increases the maximum weekly unemployment compensation benefit from $363 to $378 for claims effective on or after July 6, 2008.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080040656  pdf | impact statement
• 02/08/08  House: Committee substitute printed 080194656-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/06/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB547ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/14/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/07/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080040656
• 01/07/08  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/07/08  House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/08  House: Committee substitute printed 080194656-H1
• 02/09/08  House: Read first time
• 02/11/08  House: Read second time
• 02/11/08  House: Committee substitute agreed to 080194656-H1
• 02/11/08  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB547H1
• 02/12/08  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/08  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/08  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/13/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/19/08  Senate: Assigned C&L sub: Workers' Compensation, Unemployment Compensation & Labor
• 03/03/08  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/08  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/08  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/08  House: Enrolled
• 03/06/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB547ER)
• 03/07/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/09/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/27/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 725 (effective - see bill)
• 04/14/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725)