SB 5240: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures.

What this bill does

Removes the requirement that the Office of Administrative Hearings review a claimant's availability for work in every dispute involving a person's unemployment insurance benefits or waiting week credits. Specifies that all matters covered by an initial determination, determination, or redetermination on a person's claim for unemployment insurance benefits are at issue in an appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings, regardless of the particular grounds set forth in the notice of appeal.

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Floor votes

• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 2023
  47 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting

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