The amendment changes the unemployment benefits program to allow for quicker payments during emergencies.
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HB1002
Emergency Aid During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 2:25 AM
In one sentence
This act provides emergency aid and procedures to help people affected by the coronavirus pandemic, including changes to unemployment benefits, worker's compensation, and programs to prevent evictions.
What it does
- Changes unemployment benefits to allow for a short-time compensation program that helps workers keep their jobs with reduced hours instead of being laid off.
- Creates a program to help landlords who have lost rental income due to the pandemic by providing them money to cover rent payments from tenants.
- Adds worker's compensation coverage for employees infected with COVID-19, assuming the risk of contracting it is increased by their job.
Who it affects
- People receiving unemployment benefits
- Landlords and tenants affected by lost income from the pandemic
- Employers and employees covered under worker’s compensation
Limits and unknowns
- The bill stopped moving because a mirror bill carried forward the same proposal.
- Some parts of the bill are limited by federal funding availability and deadlines set by the CARES Act.
Plain language
Terms to know
- short-time compensation program
- A program that helps workers keep their jobs with reduced hours instead of being laid off.
- worker's compensation premium credit
- A reduction in the amount an employer has to pay for worker’s compensation insurance if they have paid all required payments on time.
Official record
Sources
Public statements
Why lawmakers voted
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Wyoming roll calls
Recorded votes
1 roll call
H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-1-0-02020-05-15 · House57 yes 2 no
- Yes
- 57
- No
- 2
- Absent
- 0
- Excused
- 1
- Conflict
- 0
Yes 57
Albert P Sommers Jr.H20Andrew W SchwartzH23Art WashutR · H36Bob NicholasR · H08CLIFFORDCarl R LoucksH59Catherine R ConnollyH13Charles F PelkeyH45Charles J GrayH57Clarence StyvarR · H12Clark D StithH48Cyrus WesternH51DAYTON-SELMANDan FurphyH14Dan R KirkbrideH04Dan ZwonitzerH43Danny EyreH19David E NorthrupH50David R MillerH55Donald E Burkhart JrH15Eric BarlowR · H03Evan J SimpsonH21Garry C PiiparinenH49Hans HuntH02James A RoscoeH22Jamie L FlitnerH26Jared OlsenR · H11Jerry A ObermuellerH56Jerry D PaxtonH47John C EklundH10John L FreemanH60John WinterR · H28Joseph E MacGuireH35LARSEN LLOYDLAURSEN DANLandon BrownR · H09Mark S KinnerH29Michael D GreearH27Mike YinD · H16Patrick SweeneyH58Richard TassH40Robert A ClausenH06Sandy NewsomeH24Sara BurlingameH44Scott M ClemH31Shelly DuncanH05Stanley L BlakeH39Steve HarshmanR · H37Susan S WilsonH07Theodore J BlackburnH42Thomas D CrankH18Thomas J WaltersH38Tim SalazarR · H34Timothy P HallinanH32Tyler E LindholmH01William D HendersonH41William H Mr. HaleyH46
Excused 1
Official activity
Bill history
- H See Mirror Bill SF1002House
- H Appointed JCC01 MembersHouse
- S Appointed JCC01 MembersSenate
- Senate:Pursuant to JR 23-1 (h) referred directly to 3rd ReadingSenate
- S Received for IntroductionSenate
- H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-2-1-0-0House
- H 2nd Reading:PassedHouse
- H COW:PassedHouse
- H Introduced and Referred to HCOWHouse
- H Received for IntroductionHouse
- Bill Number AssignedLSO
Changes
Amendments
5 stored
The amendment changes the unemployment benefits program to allow for quicker payments during emergencies.
This amendment would withdraw a proposed change to the unemployment benefits program and related emergency measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The amendment changes the unemployment benefits program to allow for quicker payments during emergencies.
The amendment changes the unemployment benefits program to allow for quicker payments during emergencies.