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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 374

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: deletion of the waiting period for collection of unemployment insurance benefits. (FE)

Unemployment insurance

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, a claimant must wait one week after becoming eligible to receive

unemployment insurance benefits before the claimant may receive benefits for a

week of unemployment. The waiting period does not affect the maximum number

of weeks of a claimant's benefit eligibility.

This bill deletes the one-week waiting period, thus permitting a claimant to

receive benefits beginning with the first week of eligibility.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barnes (D) , Berceau (D) , Bewley (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Danou (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Johnson (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pasch (D) , Pope (D) , Richards (D) , Riemer (D) , Ringhand (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Wright (D) , Young (D) , Zepnick (D)

10 cosponsors

Hansen (D) , Harris (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lassa (D) , Lehman (D) , Miller (D) , Risser (D) , T. Cullen (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Labor and take up, Ayes 39, Noes 59

Failed 39–59 Feb 11, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Sep 17, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kolste, Mason, Pasch, Milroy, Danou, Sargent, Genrich, Shankland, Barnes, Jorgensen, Ringhand, Pope, Richards, Goyke, C. Taylor, Ohnstad, Johnson, Wright, Zepnick, Hebl, Hesselbein, Berceau, Young, Bewley, Sinicki and Riemer; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Harris, Wirch, Lehman, Hansen, T. Cullen, Risser, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Miller

  2. Sep 17, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor

  3. Nov 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 11, 2014 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Labor and take up, Ayes 39, Noes 59

  5. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1