Delaware House Bill 49 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Passed on January 26 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-26 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act provides post-pandemic related relief to both claimants receiving unemployment benefits and employers who are assessed unemployment taxes. This bill will increase the maximum weekly benefit amount payable to claimants seeking unemployment compensation benefits from the Delaware Department of Labor, Division of Unemployment Insurance from $400.00 a week to $450.00 a week. The funds necessary to pay the increased weekly benefit amounts will be paid from the Unemployment Trust Fund. Delaware currently pays unemployment claimants less per week in benefits than claimants are paid in each neighboring state. The maximum weekly benefit amount has not changed since 2019.

An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Unemployment Benefits And Employer Assessments.

Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]
Rep. William Bush [D]	Sen. Kyra Hoffner [D]	Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]	Sen. Laura Sturgeon [D]

2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 16 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-18 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-26		Signed by Governor
2023-01-26		Passed By Senate. Votes: 16 YES 4 NO 1 ABSENT
2023-01-26		Lifted From Table in Senate
2023-01-26		Laid On Table in Senate
2023-01-25		Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 5 Favorable
2023-01-18		Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate
2023-01-18		Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT
2023-01-17		Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2023-01-17		Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2023-01-17		Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in House with 6 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2023-01-13		Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129939
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=129939&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB49
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53992
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54036