SB 5331 — Concerning job search requirements for unemployment insurance benefits.

What this bill does

Provides the Employment Security Department with ongoing, rather than temporary, discretion to accept alternative forms of evidence demonstrating compliance with the job search requirements for receiving unemployment insurance benefits.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 7, 2023
  82 yea · 15 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 15, 2023
  34 yea · 15 nay

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