HB 1712 — Protecting workers displaced due to finfish aquaculture facility closure.

What this bill does

Designates persons separated from employment due to certain commercial finfish net pen aquaculture closures as "dislocated workers" for the purposes of unemployment insurance, allowing those persons to seek access to additional benefits while enrolled in approved training plans.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 2023
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 7, 2023
  48 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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