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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 533

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Relating to: criminal penalties for fraud in obtaining unemployment insurance benefits and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)

Fraud 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

Current law establishes penalties for certain violations under the

unemployment insurance (UI) law, including for knowingly making a false

statement or representation to obtain any UI benefit payment, for which the penalty

is a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than

90 days, or both. Current law provides that each such false statement or

representation constitutes a separate offense.

This bill instead provides that a person who knowingly makes a false statement

or representation to obtain any UI benefit payment: 1) if the value of any benefits

obtained does not exceed $2,500, is subject to a fine not to exceed $10,000 or

imprisonment not to exceed 9 months, or both; 2) if the value of any benefits obtained

exceeds $2,500 but does not exceed $5,000, is guilty of a Class I felony; 3) if the value

of any benefits obtained exceeds $5,000 but does not exceed $10,000, is guilty of a

Class H felony; or 4) if the value of any benefits obtained exceeds $10,000, is guilty

of a Class G felony. The bill provides that multiple violations may be prosecuted as

a single crime.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Horlacher (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Kremer (R) , Quinn (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R)

8 cosponsors

Darling (R) , Gudex (R) , Kapenga (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 13, Noes 2

Passed 13–2 Feb 4, 2016 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 10, Noes 5

Passed 10–5 Feb 4, 2016 official source full page

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

Assembly: Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35

Passed 63–35 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Labor and Government Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 10, 2016 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. Nov 18, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kerkman, Allen, Brandtjen, Horlacher, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kremer, T. Larson, Skowronski, Spiros, Tittl, Quinn and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Darling, Gudex, Marklein, Nass, Stroebel and Wanggaard

  2. Nov 18, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform

  3. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kerkman

  6. Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kolste

  7. Feb 2, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 13, Noes 2

  9. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 10, Noes 5

  10. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 by Committee on Rules

  12. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Kolste, Billings, Sargent, Goyke, Subeck, Spreitzer, Kessler, Meyers, Wachs, Hesselbein, Barca, Jorgensen, Shankland and Hebl

  14. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  15. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  19. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Rohrkaste added as a coauthor

  20. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Labor and Government Reform

  23. Mar 9, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  24. Mar 9, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  25. Mar 10, 2016 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Labor and Government Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  26. Mar 10, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  27. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1