Indiana House Bill 1561 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-20 - First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
Pending: House Employment, Labor and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires that an individual must submit at least one application for work in each week for which the individual is claiming benefits. Specifies that an individual who submits an application for work online through an Internet web site complies with this requirement. Requires, as a condition for receiving an unemployment insurance benefit each week after the fourth benefit week, that an unemployed individual must be available to perform, and perform if requested by the department of workforce development, community service for a qualified entity. Provides that the maximum number of hours of community service increases as follows: for the 5th through 12th benefit weeks, 10 hours; for the 13th through 24th benefit weeks, 20 hours; and for the 25th and later benefit weeks, 40 hours. Provides that a qualified entity may not replace employees with unemployed individuals performing community service.

Conditions for receiving unemployment benefits.

Rep. Daniel Leonard [R]

Rep. Judson McMillin [R]

Rep. Mike Speedy [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-20		First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
2011-01-20		Coauthored by Representatives Leonard and Speedy
2011-01-20		Authored by Representative McMillin

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1561
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN1561.1.html