Delaware House Bill 65 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-5)
Status: Passed on February 8 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-08 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill provides COVID-19 related relief to both claimants receiving unemployment benefits and employers who are assessed unemployment taxes, and extends the end date of the Secretary of Labors COVID-19 related rulemaking authority. Section 1 waives the 13-week waiting period for the state to "trigger on" to pay extended unemployment benefits in periods of high unemployment. Section 2 establishes the 2021 new employer assessment rate, average industry assessment rate, and average construction industry assessment rate at the same rate as 2020 in order to avoid an increase in these rates as a result of the increase in unemployment claims due to COVID-19. Section 3 extends the provisions in H.B. 352 from the 150th General Assembly authorizing the Delaware Secretary of Labor to issue emergency rules amending the Delaware Unemployment Insurance Code to deal with the effects of COVID-19 and implement federal programs providing unemployment benefits to respond to COVID-19. Section 4 exempts unemployment compensation benefits received in 2020 from the calculation of Delaware adjusted gross income so that unemployment claimants will not have to pay state taxes on the benefits they received during the pandemic.

An Act To Amend Titles 19, 29 And 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Covid-19 Related Unemployment Benefits, Assessments And Rulemaking Authority.

Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]
Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Sarah McBride [D]	Rep. William Bush [D]
Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Rep. Sean Matthews [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]
Rep. Eric Morrison [D]	Rep. Kendra Johnson [D]	Rep. Franklin Cooke [D]	Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton [D]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Rep. Gerald Brady [D]
Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. William Carson [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Krista Griffith [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Michael Smith [R]
Rep. Lyndon Yearick [R]

2021-01-28 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-08		Signed by Governor
2021-01-28		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2021-01-27		Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits
2021-01-21		Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate
2021-01-21		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2021-01-13		Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 Favorable
2021-01-11		Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48265
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48265&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB65
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41703
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41743