Delaware House Bill 351 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on August 25 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-08-25 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Prior to the pandemic occasioned by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), approximately 500 initial unemployment claims were filed in Delaware each week. Between March 15 and May 30, 2020, the Department of Labor received over 100,000 initial claims, bringing the average number of pandemic related unemployment, extended and new federal benefit claims to an average of 10,000 per week. Although it is too early to know the total amount of pandemic-related claims that will be appealed to the Board, the massive increase in overall claims is expected to generate a commensurate increase in the number of appeals.

An Act To Amend Titles 29 And 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Unemployment Compensation In Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic.

Rep. Edward Osienski [D]

Sen. Jack Walsh [D]

Rep. Raymond Seigfried [D]

2020-06-25 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-06-25 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-25		Signed by Governor
2020-06-25		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2020-06-25		Suspension of Rules in Senate
2020-06-25		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2020-06-25		Suspension of Rules in House
2020-06-17		Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48152
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48152&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB351
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41620
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41639