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. Died in Conference

   4/10/2026Senate

2. Conference committee report now available

   3/27/2026House

3. Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees

   3/27/2026House

4. Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Silas Miller appointed as second conferees

   3/27/2026Senate

5. Conference committee report now available

   3/27/2026House

6. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 88, Nay 34, Absent 3

   3/27/2026House

7. Sen. Silas Miller is appointed to replace Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau on the Conference Committee

   3/25/2026Senate

8. Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees

   3/16/2026House

9. Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea 83, Nay 36, Absent 5

   3/12/2026House

10. Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau

    3/12/2026Senate

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

    3/11/2026House

12. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Sean Tarwater

    3/11/2026House

13. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Sean Tarwater was adopted

    3/11/2026House

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

    3/11/2026House

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

    3/3/2026House

16. Received and Introduced

    3/24/2025House

17. Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

    3/24/2025House

18. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    3/20/2025Senate

19. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    3/20/2025Senate

20. Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 31, Nay 9

    3/20/2025Senate

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

    3/18/2025Senate

22. Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Commerce; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Commerce

    3/12/2025Senate

23. Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means

    2/14/2025Senate

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

    2/12/2025Senate

25. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce

    2/7/2025Senate

Bill Text

• As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce

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• As Introduced

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• H Sub for

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• {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}

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