Senate Study Bill 1122 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND BUSINESS RELATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON HORN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to unemployment compensation extended benefits 1 and including effective date and retroactive applicability 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1775SC (5) 84 je/rj

S.F. _____ Section 1. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION EXTENDED BENEFIT 1 INDICATORS. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of chapter 2 96, with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after 3 December 17, 2010, and ending four weeks prior to the last week 4 for which the federal government funds one hundred percent 5 of the cost of shareable extended unemployment compensation 6 benefits and shareable regular unemployment compensation 7 benefits as authorized by section 2005(a) of Tit. II of the 8 federal Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling 9 Families Act, of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment 10 Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-5, as amended, for the purposes 11 of section 96.19, subsections 21 and 32, and section 96.29, 12 subsections 4 and 5: 13 1. There is a state “on” indicator for a week ending on 14 or before December 31, 2011, or any other date established in 15 federal law permitting this provision if the average rate of 16 total seasonally adjusted unemployment under chapter 96 for the 17 period consisting of the most recent three months for which 18 data for all states are published before the close of the week 19 equaled or exceeded six and one-half percent and equaled or 20 exceeded one hundred ten percent of the average of the rates 21 for any or all of the corresponding three-month periods ending 22 in the three preceding calendar years. 23 2. There is a state “off” indicator for a week only if, 24 for the period consisting of the week and the immediately 25 preceding twelve weeks, neither subsection 1 nor section 96.19, 26 subsection 21 or 30, specify that there is an “on” indicator. 27 3. A “high unemployment period” means any period during 28 which an extended benefit period would be in effect if 29 subsection 1 were applied by substituting “eight percent” for 30 “six and one half percent”. In a high unemployment period, 31 section 96.29, subsection 4, shall be applied by substituting 32 “eighty percent” for “fifty percent” under paragraph “a”, 33 subparagraph (1) and “twenty” for “thirteen” under paragraph 34 “a”, subparagraph (2). 35 -1- LSB 1775SC (5) 84 je/rj 1/ 3

S.F. _____ 4. For purposes of determining eligibility for extended 1 unemployment compensation benefits under this Act, an 2 individual’s eligibility period shall include any week which 3 begins in accordance with both of the following: 4 a. After the date as of which the individual exhausts all 5 rights to emergency unemployment compensation. 6 b. During an extended benefit period that began on or 7 before the date the individual exhausts all rights to emergency 8 unemployment compensation. 9 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect on the first 10 Sunday occurring thirty days after enactment of this Act. 11 Sec. 3. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. For purposes of 12 providing extended unemployment compensation benefits, this Act 13 applies retroactively to weeks of unemployment beginning on or 14 after December 17, 2010. 15 EXPLANATION 16 This bill provides alternate definitions for the indicators 17 for unemployment compensation extended benefits dating from 18 December 17, 2010, and until four weeks prior to the last week 19 for which the federal government funds 100 percent of the cost 20 of shareable extended unemployment compensation benefits and 21 shareable regular unemployment compensation benefits. The bill 22 sets out new criteria for weekly “on” and “off” indicators. 23 The bill also defines a “high unemployment period”, during 24 which certain provisions of Code section 96.29(4), concerning 25 total unemployment extended benefit amounts, are modified. 26 The bill provides that an individual’s eligibility period 27 for extended unemployment compensation benefits under the 28 bill includes a week which begins after the date as of which 29 the individual exhausts all rights to emergency unemployment 30 compensation and during an extended benefit period that began 31 on or before the date the individual exhausts all rights to 32 emergency unemployment compensation. 33 The bill takes effect on the first Sunday occurring 30 days 34 after enactment. 35 -2- LSB 1775SC (5) 84 je/rj 2/ 3

S.F. _____ The bill applies retroactively to weeks of unemployment 1 beginning on or after December 17, 2010, for purposes of 2 providing extended unemployment compensation benefits. 3 -3- LSB 1775SC (5) 84 je/rj 3/ 3