Illinois 99th Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

HB 6594 — UNEMPLOYMNT BENEFIT-MAX AMOUNT

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 99th Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. In a provision concerning the maximum total amount of unemployment benefits, provides that with respect to any benefit year beginning on or after December 1, 2015 and prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act, any otherwise eligible individual whose total or partial unemployment is attributable to his or her employer's temporary idling of a steelmaking facility shall be entitled, during such benefit year, to a maximum total amount of benefits equal to 52 times his or her weekly benefit amount plus dependents' allowances, or to the total wages for insured work paid to such individual during the individual's base period, whichever amount is smaller. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  3. Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay

  4. Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee

  5. Referred to Rules Committee

  6. First Reading

  7. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay

  8. Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser

  9. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (182)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 6594 do?
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. In a provision concerning the maximum total amount of unemployment benefits, provides that with respect to any benefit year beginning on or after December 1, 2015 and prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act, any otherwise eligible individual whose total or partial unemployment is attributable to his or her employer's temporary idling of a steelmaking facility shall be entitled, during such benefit year, to a maximum total amount of benefits equal to 52 times his or her weekly benefit amount plus dependents' allowances, or to the total wages for insured work paid to such individual during the individual's base period, whichever amount is smaller. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors HB 6594?
HB 6594 is sponsored by Jay Hoffman (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 6594?
This bill died with 99th Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 6594?
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