File Code: Unemployment Insurance
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 703  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Doory, Krysiak, and Trueschler (Unemployment Insurance
Funding Task Force) and Delegates Bates, Feldman, Harrison, and McHale
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Unemployment Insurance - Charging and Taxation - Benefits -
Oversight Committee
 
Altering the unemployment insurance charging and taxation system;
altering the standard rate of contribution; increasing the maximum
weekly unemployment insurance benefit amount; increasing the amount of
wages used to compute a claimant's weekly benefit amount for partial
benefits; establishing an oversight committee; requiring the committee
to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before
specified dates; providing for the application of the Act; and
providing for the termination of the oversight committee.
House Action
- 2/9
 - First Reading Economic Matters
 - 2/16
 - Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/14
 
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
 - 3/15
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Special Order 3/16 (Delegate O'Donnell) Adopted
 - 3/16
 - Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/18
 - Third Reading Passed (134-2)
 - 3/30
 - Returned Passed
 
Senate Action
- 3/18
 - First Reading Finance
 - 3/23
 - Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/31
 - Favorable Report by Finance
 -      Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 4/1
 - Third Reading Passed (46-0)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/26
 - Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
 - Delegate Gail H. Bates, District 9A
 - Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
 - Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
 - Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
 - Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46
 - Delegate John G. Trueschler, District 42
 - Unemployment Ins. Fund. T.F.
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 - INSURANCE -see also- HEALTH INS; MAIF; MOTOR VEHICLE INS
 - REPORTS
 - REVENUE AND TAXES -see also- DEV FEES & TAXES; specific tax.
 - SUNSET
 - UNEMPLOYMENT
 - WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- COL BARG; HOLIDAY; etc
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Labor and Employment
 - (
 8-608 ,
 8-609 ,
 8-610 ,
 8-612 ,
 8-803 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
 House 
- Number: 783320/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 16, 2005      at:
10:19 a.m.     Status: Rejected
 - Number: 833694/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 15, 2005      at:
10:14 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- March 18, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (134-2)
 
Senate
- April 1, 2005: Third Reading Passed  (46-0)