House Substitute for SB 229 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by the legislature, authorizing the secretary of labor to recognize and approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans if such plans meet specific criteria and integrating such plans into the employment security law, updating and reorganizing statutory language, enhancing federal conformity by incorporating references to federal laws and guidelines, updating temporary unemployment provisions and providing for eight weeks of temporary unemployment benefits, eliminating debt relief provisions for negative balance employers and other updates to the employment security law.

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Roll Call Votes

Actions Timeline

1. Conference committee report now available

   3/27/2026House

2. Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees

   3/27/2026House

3. Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Alley, Senator Owens and Senator Miller appointed as second conferees

   3/27/2026Senate

4. Conference committee report now available

   3/27/2026House

5. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 88 Nay: 34

   3/27/2026House

6. Senator Miller is appointed to replace Senator Faust Goudeau on the Conference Committee

   3/25/2026Senate

7. Motion to accede adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees

   3/16/2026House

8. Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 83 Nay: 36

   3/12/2026House

9. Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Alley , Senator Owens and Senator Faust Goudeau as conferees

   3/12/2026Senate

10. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed

    3/11/2026House

11. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Tarwater

    3/11/2026House

12. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Tarwater was adopted

    3/11/2026House

13. Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended

    3/11/2026House

14. Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

    3/3/2026House

15. Received and Introduced

    3/24/2025House

16. Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

    3/24/2025House

17. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    3/20/2025Senate

18. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    3/20/2025Senate

19. Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 31 Nay: 9

    3/20/2025Senate

20. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce

    3/18/2025Senate

21. Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means; Rereferred to Committee on Commerce

    3/12/2025Senate

22. Withdrawn from Committee on Commerce; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

    2/14/2025Senate

23. Hearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 159-S

    2/12/2025Senate

24. Referred to Committee on Commerce

    2/7/2025Senate

25. Introduced

    2/6/2025Senate

Bill Text

• As Amended by House Committee of the Whole

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• As Amended by Senate Committee

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• As introduced

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