Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility
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What it does
Official summary
Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility; Citing this act as the “Promoting Work, Deterring Fraud Act of 2026”; revising circumstances under which the Department of Commerce disqualifies claimants from reemployment assistance benefits; requiring the department to verify claimants’ identities before paying benefits; providing duties of the department, etc.
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Introduced
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Looking ahead
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History
2026
Mar 13Died on CalendarDied
Feb 5Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
Feb 5Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 4Minor
Feb 2On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
Jan 21Now in Fiscal Policy
Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
Jan 21Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 9 NAYS 5Minor
Jan 16On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/21/26, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
Jan 13IntroducedMinor
2025
Dec 11Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Dec 10Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 2Minor
Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
Dec 1On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 12/10/25, 11:30 am, 110 Senate Building
Nov 3Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal PolicyMinor