ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

HB 2845: technical correction; game; fish; facilities

S/E: unemployment insurance study committee

Sponsor: Representative Cook, LD 8

Committee on Commerce

Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to HB 2845

Overview

Creates the Unemployment Insurance Study Committee (Study Committee).

History

The Arizona Department of Economic Security provides employment programs and services, including Unemployment Insurance (UI). UI provides temporary financial relief to eligible workers who separate from their previous employers at no fault of their own and are able to work, available for work and actively seeking work. The amount of monetary benefit a worker is eligible to receive is based on insured wages paid to the worker during a one-year period called the base period. The base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before the worker files for a benefit claim. Currently, the amount is capped at $240 per week for up to 26 weeks.

Provisions

1. Establishes the 9-member Study Committee and outlines the membership. (Sec. 1)

2. Outlines the duties of the Study Committee including:

a) Identify major factors affecting unemployment;

b) Study the efficacy of previously enacted or pending legislation in other states;

c) Review the current statutory tax framework;

d) Compare unemployment insurance benefits of other states;

e) Analyze the impact UI reform may have on businesses; and

f) Compile an overview of potential legislation. (Sec. 1)

3. Instructs the Study Committee to submit, by December 31, 2021, a findings and recommendations report to the House of Representatives and provide a copy to the Secretary of State. (Sec. 1)

4. Terminates the Study Committee October 1, 2022. (Sec. 1)

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8. HB 2845

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