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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2037 Unemployment compensation; benefits, suitable work, benefits charges.
Introduced by: Kathy K.L. Tran | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Unemployment compensation; benefits; suitable work; benefits charges. Provides that under specific conditions related to the COVID-19 virus work will not be deemed suitable and benefits will not be denied to any otherwise eligible individual for refusing to accept new work if (i) the individual presents satisfactory evidence that such individual (a) has tested positive for COVID-19, (b) has been otherwise directed by a physician to quarantine due to COVID-19, or (c) is providing care for an immediate family member who has tested positive for COVID-19 or (ii) the individual has a reasonable belief, based on satisfactory evidence, that the workplace is unsafe because it does not meet governmental-mandated COVID-19 health and safety standards for the workplace, including standards issued by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Labor and Industry, or the Department of Health, or through an executive order or directive issued by the Governor. The bill provides that for individuals who refuse to accept an offer of work based on such conditions no benefits charges will be deemed to be the responsibility of the previous employer, unless the individual has refused an offer to return to work to his previous employer because the individual has a reasonable belief that the workplace is not in compliance with the Department of Labor and Industry's standards for the prevention of COVID-19. The provisions of the bill expire 30 days after the expiration or revocation of all states of emergency declared by the Governor related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100605D pdf
- 01/28/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103626D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100605D
- 01/12/21 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/14/21 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/26/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/26/21 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/28/21 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103626D-H1
- 01/29/21 House: Read first time
- 02/01/21 House: Read second time
- 02/01/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103626D-H1
- 02/01/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2037H1
- 02/02/21 House: Read third time and passed House (56-Y 42-N)
- 02/02/21 House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 42-N)
- 02/03/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N)