House Substitute for SB 229 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by the legislature, authorizing the secretary of labor to recognize and approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans if such plans meet specific criteria and integrating such plans into the employment security law, updating and reorganizing statutory language, enhancing federal conformity by incorporating references to federal laws and guidelines, updating temporary unemployment provisions and providing for eight weeks of temporary unemployment benefits, eliminating debt relief provisions for negative balance employers and other updates to the employment security law.

Looking ahead

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History

1. 2026
   1. Apr 10Died in ConferenceDied
   2. Mar 27Conference committee report now available
      • Vote recorded Conference Committee Report was adopted. Result: pass.Lower
   3. Mar 27Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees
   4. Mar 27Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Silas Miller appointed as second conferees
   5. Mar 27Conference committee report now available
   6. Mar 27Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 88, Nay 34, Absent 3
   7. Mar 25Sen. Silas Miller is appointed to replace Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau on the Conference Committee
   8. Mar 16Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees
   9. Mar 12Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea 83, Nay 36, Absent 5Major
      • Vote recorded Final Action - Substitute passed as amended. Result: pass.Lower
   10. Mar 12Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau
   11. Mar 11Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passedMajor
   12. Mar 11Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Sean Tarwater
   13. Mar 11Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Sean Tarwater was adoptedMajor
   14. Mar 11Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amendedMajor
   15. Mar 3Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic DevelopmentMinor
2. 2025
   1. Mar 24Received and IntroducedMinor
   2. Mar 24Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic DevelopmentMinor
   3. Mar 20Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adoptedMajor
      • Vote recorded Emergency Final Action As Amended. Result: pass.Upper
   4. Mar 20Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amendedPassed House
   5. Mar 20Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 31, Nay 9Passed Senate
   6. Mar 18Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on CommerceMinor
   7. Mar 12Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Commerce; Rereferred to Senate Committee on CommerceMinor
   8. Feb 14Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and MeansMinor
   9. Feb 7Referred to Senate Committee on CommerceMinor
   10. Feb 6IntroducedIntroduced