Bill Text: NH SB226 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to eliminating the waiting period before eligibility to receive unemployment benefits.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-16 - Inexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 03/16/2017; Senate Journal 9 [SB226 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2017-SB226-Introduced.html
SB 226-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0986
08/10
SENATE BILL 226-FN
AN ACT relative to eliminating the waiting period before eligibility to receive unemployment benefits.
SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Rep. MacKenzie, Hills. 17; Rep. Baroody, Hills. 43; Rep. M. McCarthy, Hills. 29
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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ANALYSIS
This bill eliminates the waiting period before eligibility to receive unemployment benefits.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0986
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to eliminating the waiting period before eligibility to receive unemployment benefits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. RSA 282-A:31, I(h)-(i), relative to the waiting period before eligibility to receive unemployment benefits, are repealed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
17-0986
1/30/17
SB 226-FN- FISCAL NOTE
as introduced
AN ACT relative to eliminating the waiting period before eligibility to receive unemployment benefits.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ X ] Highway [ X ] Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund | |||
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
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Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
METHODOLOGY:
This bill repeals the one week waiting period, required by RSA 282-A:31, I(h)-(i), before an eligible claimant may receive unemployment compensation benefits. New Hampshire Employment Security states claimants will continue to be eligible for 26 weeks of benefits as long as they are otherwise eligible, no longer needing to wait one week before they begin to receive benefits. Most claimants do not file for unemployment benefits for the full 26 weeks for which they are eligible, as they typically find employment prior to that time. Consequently, the State will pay for an additional week of unemployment benefits it would not pay for under current law that includes the one week waiting period. The Department estimates this will increase expenditures out of the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund by approximately $3.4 million annually. However, during periods of higher unemployment the cost to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund could range from $4 to $6 million annually. Further, the Department assumes unemployment compensation benefit payments will increase annually for the State by $43,022 and for counties and municipalities collectively by $74,075. The Department is unable to break out county and local costs separately.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
New Hampshire Employment Security
