Colorado 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

SB 20-170 — Update Colorado Employment Security Act

Last action — Governor Signed

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2020. Enacted.

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Advancing 56% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    3 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

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Summary

For the purpose of establishing a worker's eligibility for unemployment benefits,"immediate family" includes: A sibling of the worker who is under 18 years of age and for whom the worker stands in loco parentis; and A sibling of the worker who is incapable of self-care due to a mental or physical disability or a long-term illness. A worker who separates from a job because the worker reasonably believes that continuing employment would jeopardize the safety of the worker or any member of the worker's immediate family as a result of domestic violence no longer must provide certain documentation to establish the worker's eligibility for unemployment benefits. The term "severance allowance" is substituted for "remuneration" in a provision that concerns remuneration received by an individual who has been separated from employment. Subject to the approval of the executive director of the department of labor and employment, the director of the division of unemployment insurance may enter into an interagency agreement with the department of law for assistance in enforcing certain provisions concerning the misclassification of employees by an employer. Fines imposed pursuant to the enforcement of laws concerning employment security must be transferred to the department of labor and employment and credited to the unemployment revenue fund. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

23 added · 16 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes to the bill involve the text title, which specifies that the measure concerns employment security, establishing eligibility for benefits, and defining the term "remuneration" to specifically include severance allowances. The new version of the bill eliminates the previous phrasing about amendments adopted on second reading, indicating that the current version reflects all amendments made in the house of introduction. This matters because it ensures clarity on what the bill encompasses and confirms that the most recent changes are now officially recognized in the bill’s framework.

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Second Regular Session Seventy-second General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
Second Regular Session Seventy-second General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
20-1044.01 Richard Sweetman x4333 SENATE BILL 20-170 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Danielson, HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Jackson and Duran, Senate Committees House Committees Finance Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT SECURITY , AND , IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF " IMMEDIATE FAMILY ", REMOVING A REQUIREMENT THAT A CLAIMANT SUFFERING FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROVIDE WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE CLAIMANT S ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS , AND LIMITING THE MEANING OF CERTAIN INSTANCES OF THE TERM "REMUNERATION "TO DESCRIBE A SEVERANCE ALLOWANCE .
20-1044.01 Richard Sweetman x4333 SENATE BILL 20-170 SENATE SPONSORSHIP Danielson, Bridges, Donovan, Fenberg, Fields, Garcia, Ginal, Hansen, Lee, Moreno, Pettersen, Rodriguez, Story, Todd, Winter, Zenzinger HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Jackson and Duran, Senate Committees House Committees Finance Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING EMPLOYMENT SECURITY , AND , IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF " IMMEDIATE FAMILY ", REMOVING A REQUIREMENT THAT A CLAIMANT SUFFERING FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROVIDE WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE CLAIMANT S ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS , AND e e LIMITING THE MEANING OF CERTAIN INSTANCES OF THE TERM E a 0 T U , "REMUNERATION "TO DESCRIBE A SEVERANCE ALLOWANCE .
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Governor Signed

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House

  3. Sent to the Governor

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate

  5. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  6. House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  7. House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

  8. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

  9. House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations

  10. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  11. Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments

  12. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  13. Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs + Appropriations

  14. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

  15. Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  16. Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations

  17. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 99 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (99)

99 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety labor
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 20-170 do?
For the purpose of establishing a worker's eligibility for unemployment benefits,"immediate family" includes: A sibling of the worker who is under 18 years of age and for whom the worker stands in loco parentis; and A sibling of the worker who is incapable of self-care due to a mental or physical disability or a long-term illness. A worker who separates from a job because the worker reasonably believes that continuing employment would jeopardize the safety of the worker or any member of the worker's immediate family as a result of domestic violence no longer must provide certain documentation to establish the worker's eligibility for unemployment benefits. The term "severance allowance" is substituted for "remuneration" in a provision that concerns remuneration received by an individual who has been separated from employment. Subject to the approval of the executive director of the department of labor and employment, the director of the division of unemployment insurance may enter into an interagency agreement with the department of law for assistance in enforcing certain provisions concerning the misclassification of employees by an employer. Fines imposed pursuant to the enforcement of laws concerning employment security must be transferred to the department of labor and employment and credited to the unemployment revenue fund. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Who sponsors SB 20-170?
SB 20-170 is sponsored by Monica Duran (Democrat), Dominique Jackson, and Jessie Danielson (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 20-170?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2020. Enacted.
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