HB 65 DE

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This bill provides COVID-19 related relief to both claimants receiving unemployment benefits and employers who are assessed unemployment taxes, and extends the end date of the Secretary of Labor’s COVID-19 related rulemaking authority. Section 1 waives the 13-week waiting period for the state to "trigger on" to pay extended unemployment benefits in periods of high unemployment. Section 2 establishes the 2021 new employer assessment rate, average industry assessment rate, and average construction industry assessment rate at the same rate as 2020 in order to avoid an increase in these rates as a result of the increase in unemployment claims due to COVID-19. Section 3 extends the provisions in H.B. 352 from the 150th General Assembly authorizing the Delaware Secretary of Labor to issue emergency rules amending the Delaware Unemployment Insurance Code to deal with the effects of COVID-19 and implement federal programs providing unemployment benefits to respond to COVID-19. Section 4 exempts unemployment compensation benefits received in 2020 from the calculation of Delaware adjusted gross income so that unemployment claimants will not have to pay state taxes on the benefits they received during the pandemic.

• Edward S. Osienski Democratic · primary
• John "Jack" Walsh Democratic · primary
• Trey Paradee Democratic · primary
• Nicole Poore Democratic · primary
• Bryan Townsend Democratic · primary
• Darius J. Brown Democratic · primary
• William Bush Democratic · primary
• Kimberly Williams Democratic · primary
• Peter C. Schwartzkopf · primary
• Valerie Longhurst · primary
• John L. Mitchell · primary
• Sean Matthews · primary
• Paul S. Baumbach · primary
• Andria L. Bennett · primary
• Debra Heffernan Democratic · primary
• Eric Morrison Democratic · primary
• Kendra Johnson Democratic · primary
• Franklin D. Cooke Democratic · primary
• Madinah Wilson-Anton Democratic · primary
• Sarah McBride · primary

1. Jan 11, 2021 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House · lower
2. Jan 13, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 Favorable · lower
3. Jan 21, 2021 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES · lower
4. Jan 21, 2021 Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate · upper
5. Jan 27, 2021 Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits · upper
6. Jan 28, 2021 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES · upper
7. Feb 8, 2021 Signed by Governor · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Bill Text · HTML
• Bill Text · PDF