Virginia House Bill 798 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-01-28 - Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Unemployment compensation; Self-Employment Assistance Pilot Program; report. Establishes the Self-Employment Assistance Pilot Program (Program), under which up to 100 unemployed individuals receive unemployment compensation while they are establishing their own businesses and becoming self-employed. Participants receive an allowance in lieu of weekly regular benefit payments and may use the allowance for entrepreneurial training, business counseling, and technical assistance. The bill provides for the Virginia Employment Commission to develop and implement the program and to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly on (i) the total number of participants, (ii) the fiscal status of the Program, and (iii) any other information that will assist in determining the viability of the Program.

Unemployment compensation; Self-Employment Assistance Pilot Program established, report.

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-28	House	Tabled in Commerce and Labor by voice vote
2014-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2014-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101283D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
60	2	700	(n/a)	See Bill Text
60	2	709	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB798
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB798+hil