Unemployment compensation; eliminates requirement that certain benefits be reduced by 50 percent. (HB2357)
Introduced By
Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Unemployment compensation; Social Security offset. Eliminates the requirement that unemployment compensation benefits be reduced by 50 percent of the amount of the claimant's Social Security Act or Railroad Retirement Act retirement benefits in years when the solvency level of the unemployment trust fund is less than 50 percent. Currently, such a reduction in unemployment benefits is not required in years when the solvency level of the unemployment trust fund exceeds 50 percent. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/12/2011 | Committee |
| 01/12/2011 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11103360D |
| 01/12/2011 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 01/18/2011 | Assigned C & L sub: #1 |
| 01/20/2011 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2357) |
| 02/01/2011 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) |
| 02/03/2011 | Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2011 | Read first time |
| 02/07/2011 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/08/2011 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/08/2011 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/09/2011 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/09/2011 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 02/21/2011 | Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/22/2011 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/23/2011 | Read third time |
| 02/23/2011 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/03/2011 | Enrolled |
| 03/03/2011 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2357ER) |
| 03/03/2011 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2357ER) |
| 03/03/2011 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/06/2011 | Signed by President |
| 03/28/2011 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 748 (effective 7/1/11) |
| 03/28/2011 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0748) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 35 seconds.
Comments
This sounds like a good bill. I don't understand why unemployment benefits should be cut if you're drawing Social Security. Does unemployment similarly offset private pensions or federal, state and local pensions? If not, then wouldn't offsetting Social Security benefits penalize the poor elderly or disabled while treating those with other pensions differently? Why would we want to discourage older people from working and why is it less of an economic dislocation if an elderly or disabled person loses a job?
I'm 68 yrs. old , have been unemployed since 09/15/2010, my Va. unemployment weekly benefit has been cut from $172.00 to 37.00 per week. It's not easy finding work when you'r my age and how do you exist on this amount of money? I've paid into fund since I was 16, as my daughter says" It just isn't fair".