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2024 SESSION
SB 381 Unemployment compensation; employer's failure to respond to requests for information, etc.
Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Unemployment compensation; employer failure to respond to requests for information; claim determination; notice requirements. Provides that an employer's account shall not be relieved of charges relating to an erroneous payment if the Virginia Employment Commission determines that (i) the employer has failed to respond timely or adequately to a written request for information related to the claim and (ii) the employer has established a pattern of failing to respond timely or adequately to such requests, as described in the bill. The bill requires the Commission to provide written notice for each instance of untimely or inadequate employer response to such requests. The bill provides that upon the Commission's third determination, and for each subsequent determination, within the applicable review period that an employer failed to respond timely or adequately to such a request, the employer shall be considered to have waived all rights in connection with the claim, including participation and appeal rights. The bill requires a deputy examining a claim to provide the reasoning behind the decision, as described in the bill, and a short statement of case-specific facts material to the determination together with any notice of determination upon a claim. The provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation. This bill is identical to HB 14.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103689D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106431D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107959D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB381ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/28/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103689D
- 01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/05/24 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106431D-S1
- 02/05/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/08/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106431D-S1
- 02/12/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB381S1
- 02/12/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/24 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/24 House: Read first time
- 02/15/24 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/20/24 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107959D-H1
- 02/20/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/21/24 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/24 House: Read second time
- 02/26/24 House: Read third time
- 02/26/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107959D-H1
- 02/26/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB381H1
- 02/26/24 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/24 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/24 Senate: Title replaced 24107959D-H1
- 03/04/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/04/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB381ER)
- 03/04/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/28/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 236 (effective 7/1/25)
- 03/28/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236)