l9n/ Oregon

2019 Regular Session

Senate Bill 722

Provides state-funded program to pay unemployment benefits to employees of United States and active duty members of Armed Forces of United States who are required to perform service without compensation due to lapse of federal appropriations and who would otherwise be eligible for unemployment compensation for federal employees or ex-servicemembers under federal law.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ways and Means Committee on June 30, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<i>Authorizes Director of Employment Department to prescribe rules that provide individual may not be excluded from being deemed unemployed solely because of service performed for employing unit under legal compulsion for which individual has not received pay on individual's regular payday. Provides that individual continues to be deemed unemployed until earlier of date on which individual begins to receive payment on regular payday or individual permanently ceases work for employing unit.</i>] Provides state-funded program to pay unemployment benefits to <i>individuals on active duty in U.S. Coast Guard and stationed in this state who are legally compelled to provide regular service in U.S. Coast Guard</i>] <b>employees of United States and active duty members of Armed Forces of United States who are required to perform service</b> without <i>receiving</i>] compensation due to lapse of federal appropriations and who would otherwise be eligible for unemployment compensation for <b>federal employees or</b> ex-servicemembers under federal law. Appropriates moneys to Employment Department for purposes of paying benefits and costs <i>necessary</i>] <b>incurred by department</b> to administer benefit program. <b>Provides that back pay shall be considered earnings in determining benefits payable to individual for period for which back pay has been or is paid. <b>Permits Director of Employment Department to use additional methods for recovering benefits erroneously paid to claimant through no fault of claimant and requires director to waive recovery of such overpaid benefits if recovery would be against equity and good conscience. Requires director to make reasonable efforts to advise new claimants for benefits of procedures for recovery of benefits paid in error. <b>Prohibits reduction of back pay paid or awarded to an individual to reflect benefits that individual received during period for which back pay was paid or awarded.</b> Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

4 co-sponsors

Betsy Johnson, Elizabeth Steiner, Kathleen Taylor, Laurie Monnes Anderson

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 29 to June 30, 2019, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action11 actions on 8 days

In the SenateJan 29 to Jun 30 · stopped152 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 29 to Jan 290 days

Ways and MeansJan 29 to Feb 57 days

WorkforceFeb 5 to Feb 5 · moved on0 days

WorkforceFeb 5 to Mar 1538 days

Ways and MeansMar 15 to Jun 30 · stopped107 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 15

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 29 – Jun 30

  1. Jan 29Introduced
  2. Sent to Ways and Means
  3. Feb 4Heard in Ways and Means
  4. Feb 5Ways and Means reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Workforce
  5. Sent to Workforce
  6. Mar 5Heard in Workforce
  7. Mar 7Heard in Workforce
  8. Mar 15Workforce recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  9. Sent to Ways and Means
  10. Jun 30Died when the session ended
All 11 actions, as published
  1. Jan 29Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Jan 29Referred to Ways and Means.Senate
  3. Feb 1Public Hearing and Work Session cancelled.Senate
  4. Feb 4Work Session held.Senate
  5. Feb 5Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be returned to President's desk for referral. Referred to Workforce by order of the President then to Ways and Means.Senate
  6. Feb 5Referred to Workforce by Order of the President, with a subsequent referral to Ways and Means.Senate
  7. Mar 5Public Hearing held.Senate
  8. Mar 7Work Session held.Senate
  9. Mar 15Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
  10. Mar 15Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.Senate
  11. Jun 30In committee upon adjournment.Senate