Bill Text: IA HF473 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the collection of unemployment benefit payments and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-10 - Introduced, referred to Labor. H.J. 338. [HF473 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF473-Introduced.html
House
File
473
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
473
BY
WOLFE
,
NIELSEN
,
WILBURN
,
ISENHART
,
SUNDE
,
STECKMAN
,
HUNTER
,
STAED
,
EHLERT
,
BOHANNAN
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
and
RUNNING-MARQUARDT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
collection
of
unemployment
benefit
1
payments
and
including
effective
date
and
retroactive
2
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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H.F.
473
Section
1.
COLLECTION
OF
UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFIT
PAYMENTS
——
1
DISASTER
EMERGENCY.
Notwithstanding
section
96.3,
subsection
2
7,
and
section
96.3,
subsection
10,
paragraph
“d”,
the
3
department
of
workforce
development
shall
not
pursue
the
4
recovery
of
any
overpayments
of
unemployment
insurance
benefits
5
made
to
any
individual
who
received
such
benefits
to
which
the
6
individual
was
not
entitled
without
fault
on
the
part
of
the
7
individual
if
such
benefits
were
paid
during
the
period
of
a
8
declaration
of
disaster
emergency
by
the
governor
pursuant
to
9
section
29C.6
pertaining
to
COVID-19
as
defined
in
section
10
686D.2.
11
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
12
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
13
Sec.
3.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
14
retroactively
to
unemployment
benefits
received
on
or
after
15
March
8,
2020.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
prohibits
the
department
of
workforce
development
20
from
pursuing
the
recovery
of
any
overpayments
of
unemployment
21
insurance
benefits
made
to
any
individual
who
received
such
22
benefits
to
which
the
individual
was
not
entitled
without
23
fault
on
the
part
of
the
individual
if
such
benefits
were
paid
24
during
the
period
of
a
declaration
of
disaster
emergency
by
the
25
governor
pertaining
to
COVID-19.
26
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
27
retroactively
to
unemployment
benefits
received
on
or
after
28
March
8,
2020.
29
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