File Code: Unemployment Insurance
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 627  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Kelley, Conway, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Gladden, Jones, Madaleno,
Muse, Pinsky, Pugh, and Raskin
 
- Entitled: 
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Unemployment Insurance - Eligibility - Part-Time Work
 
Authorizing that an individual who is only able to work part-time be
deemed eligible for specified benefits under specified circumstances;
clarifying that the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation may
not use the disability of a qualified individual with a disability in
finding that an individual is not available for work, actively seeking
work, or eligible for benefits under the Act; providing that a part-
time worker is not considered to be unemployed under specified
circumstances; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/28
 - First Reading Finance
 - 1/30
 - Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/6
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/7
 - Favorable with Amendments
 -      Laid Over (Senator Edwards) Adopted
 - 3/10
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Edwards) Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/12
 - Special Order 3/13 (Senator Harris) Adopted
 - 3/13
 - Third Reading Failed (23-21)
 -      Motion Reconsider Third Reading (Senator Kelley)
 -      Special Order 3/18 (Senator Kelley) Adopted  (24-20)
 - 3/18
 - Motion Reconsider Third Reading Failed (Senator Kelley) Adopted  (27-20)
 -      Third Reading Passed (25-22)
 
House Action
- 3/15
 - First Reading Economic Matters
 - 3/19
 - Hearing 3/25 at 1:00 p.m.
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
 - Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
 - Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
 - Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
 - Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
 - Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
 - Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
 - Senator Richard S. Madaleno, Jr., District 18
 - Senator C. Anthony Muse, District 26
 - Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
 - Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
 - Senator Jamie Raskin, District 20
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Disabilities -see also- Blind; Deaf; Developmental
 - Insurance -see also- Health Ins; MAIF; Motor Vehicle Ins
 - Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, Department of
 - Local Government Mandates
 - Reports
 - Rules and Regulations
 - Small Business
 - Unemployment
 - Work, Labor and Employment -see also- Col Barg; Holiday; etc
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Labor and Employment
 - (
 8-101 ,
 8-101 ,
 8-101 ,
 8-101 ,
 8-101 ,
 8-101 ,
 8-101 ,
 8-801 ,
 8-903 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Senate
- Number: 717979/01     Offered on: March 10, 2008      at:
8:39 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 - Number: 943124/02     Offered on: March 10, 2008      at:
8:40 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 13, 2008: Third Reading Failed  (23-21)
 - March 13, 2008: Motion Special Order until 3/18 (Kelley) Adopted  (24-20)
 - March 18, 2008: Motion Reconsider Third Reading Failed (Kelley) Adopted  (27-20)
 - March 18, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (25-22)