SB 320 — AN ACT CONCERNING RAISING THE THRESHOLD FOR UNEMPLOYMENT OVERPAYMENTS.

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3202207 Senate,Referred Aprilto 4, 2022 The Committee on LaborLABOR andAND PublicPUBLIC EmployeesEMPLOYEES reportedIntroduced throughby: SEN.

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AN ACT CONCERNING RAISING THE THRESHOLD FOR UNEMPLOYMENT OVERPAYMENTS.

(f) Any person who knowingly makes a false statement or representation or fails to disclose a material fact in order to obtain, increase, prevent or decrease any benefit, contribution or other payment under this chapter, or under any similar law of another state or of the United States in regard to which this state acted as agent pursuant to an agreement authorized by section 31-225, whether to be made to or by [himself or herself] such person or any other person, and who receives any such benefit, pays any such contribution or alters any such payment to [his or her] such person's advantage by such fraudulent means (1) shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor if such benefit, contribution or payment amounts to [five hundred] two thousand dollars or less, or (2) SB320shall /be Fileguilty of a class D felony if such benefit, contribution or LCO 2207 \\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2022SB-00320-R01 of 2 SB.docx Raised Bill No.

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267 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill, which increases, from $500 to $2,000, the threshold that determines whether someone’s unemployment compensation fraud is a misdemeanor or a felony, does not result in any fiscal impact to the state or municipalities.

The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

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267 OLR Bill Analysis SB 320 AN ACT CONCERNING RAISING THE THRESHOLD FOR UNEMPLOYMENT OVERPAYMENTS.

SUMMARY This bill increases, from $500 to $2,000, the financial threshold that determines whether someone’s unemployment compensation fraud is a misdemeanor or a felony.

Existing law prohibits someone from knowingly making a false statement or failing to disclose a material fact to obtain, increase, prevent, or decrease an unemployment benefit, contribution, or other payment.Undercurrentlaw,someonewho doessoisguiltyofa(1)class A misdemeanor if it amounts to $500 or less or (2) class D felony if it amounts to more than $500.

The bill increases this threshold to $2,000.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Upon passage COMMITTEE ACTION Labor and Public Employees Committee Joint Favorable Yea 13 Nay 0 (03/22/2022) SB320 / File No.

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