HB121 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Greg Wren
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Unemployment compensation, benefits for active duty military dependent spouses who quit work in order to relocate due to spouse's change of station orders, activation orders, or unit deployment orders, authorized, Sec. 25-4-78 am'd.
Summary: HB121 allows unemployment benefits for active-duty military spouses who quit work to relocate due to their spouse's orders, and prevents employers from being charged for those benefits.
What This Bill Does
It amends Section 25-4-78 to add an exception to the rule that quitting work voluntarily disqualifies a person from unemployment benefits. The exception says a person shall not be disqualified if they left to permanently relocate because of their active-duty military-connected spouse's permanent change of station orders, activation orders, or unit deployment orders. When this exception applies, the benefits paid are not charged to the employer's experience rating account; the Act takes effect the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

Who It Affects
Active-duty military spouses who quit their job to relocate due to their spouse's orders, who would become eligible for unemployment benefits under the new exception.
Employers, whose experience-rating charges for those weeks would be waived when the relocation exception is applied.

Key Provisions
Adds an exception to disqualification for voluntary quitting: individuals who leave to permanently relocate as a result of their active-duty military-connected spouse's orders are not disqualified from unemployment benefits.
If the relocation exception is applied, any unemployment benefits paid shall not be charged to the employer's experience rating account.
Effective date: the act becomes law on the first day of the third month after its passage and approval by the Governor.

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Subjects: Unemployment Compensation