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  6. HB 364

HB 364

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Danny Garrett
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Unemployment benefits, maximum amount paid to an individual revised contingent on the state's average unemployment rate, maximum weekly benefits revised, terms of losing benefits due to disqualification, Secs. 25-4-72, 25-4-74, 25-4-78 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable to an individual in a benefit year is the lesser of 26 times the individual's weekly benefit amount or one-third of the wages paid to the individual for insured work during his or her base period

This bill would revise the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable to an individual in a benefit year contingent on the state's average unemployment rate, but in no event would the maximum amount of benefits exceed the lesser of 20 times the individual's weekly benefit amount or one-fourth of the wages paid during his or her base period

This bill would revise the maximum weekly unemployment benefit amount to an amount that is an equal division of the current weeks compensated of the average of the wages for insured work paid to the individual during the two quarters of his or her base period in which the total wages were the highest

This bill would also revise the reductions in unemployment benefit amounts due to disqualification in certain circumstances

Relating to unemployment benefits, to amend Sections 25-4-72, 25-4-74, and 25-4-78, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable to an individual contingent on the state's average unemployment rate; to revise the maximum weekly unemployment benefit amount; and to revise the terms of losing unemployment benefits due to disqualification.

Subjects
Unemployment Compensation

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
April 18, 2019 H Pending third reading on day 12 Favorable from Commerce and Small Business with 1 substitute
April 18, 2019 H Commerce and Small Business first Substitute Offered
April 18, 2019 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
April 4, 2019 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Commerce and Small Business

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing April 17, 2019 Room 418 at 15:00 House C&SB Hearing
Hearing April 10, 2019 Room 418 at 15:00 House C&SB Hearing

Bill Text

Download HB 364 PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text HB 364 - Introduced
Bill Amendments House Commerce and Small Business first Substitute Offered

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