Illinois House Bill 2773 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act to provide that if an individual's benefit year begins on or after March 8, 2020, but before the week following the last week of a disaster period established by the gubernatorial disaster proclamations in response to COVID-19, recovery by suit in the name of the People of the State of Illinois or recoupment from benefits payable to an individual for any week shall be permanently waived if the sum was received by the individual without fault on his or her part. Provides that, in cases of such permanent waiver of recovery or recoupment, the Director of Employment Security may not request the Comptroller or the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold a sum of benefits for which an individual is found to be ineligible. Effective immediately.

UNEMPLOYMENT-RECOUPMENT WAIVER

Rep. Suzanne Ness [D]

Rep. Joyce Mason [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2021-03-18	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
2021-03-17	House	To Wage Policy & Study Subcommittee
2021-03-09	House	Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
2021-02-19	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2021-02-19	House	First Reading
2021-02-18	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Suzanne Ness

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
820	405	900	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2773&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/10200HB2773.htm