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HB2271 • 2025

Provides a credit against an employer's unemployment insurance taxes for calendar year 2025 if the employer's tax rate for calendar year 2025 is at least 2.5 percentage points less than the employer's tax rate for calendar year 2024.

Provides a credit against an employer's unemployment insurance taxes for calendar year 2025 if the employer's tax rate for calendar year 2025 is at least 2.5 percentage points less than the employer's tax rate for calendar year 2024.

Labor Taxes
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Wright, Representative Levy B,
Last action
2025-08-13
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-08-13 House

    Chapter 563, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

  2. 2025-07-24 House

    Governor signed.

  3. 2025-06-26 House

    Speaker signed.

  4. 2025-06-26 Senate

    President signed.

  5. 2025-06-25 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.

  6. 2025-06-25 Senate

    Second reading.

  7. 2025-06-25 Senate

    Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. Ayes, 28; Excused, 2--Gorsek, Thatcher.

  8. 2025-06-24 Senate

    Public Hearing and Work Session held.

  9. 2025-06-20 House

    Third reading. Carried by Wright. Passed. Ayes, 50; Excused, 9--Diehl, Harbick, Munoz, Osborne, Pham H, Skarlatos, Valderrama, Wallan, Yunker; Excused for Business of the House, 1--Drazan.

  10. 2025-06-20 Senate

    First reading. Referred to President's desk.

  11. 2025-06-20 Senate

    Referred to Finance and Revenue.

  12. 2025-06-19 House

    Second reading.

  13. 2025-06-18 House

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.

  14. 2025-06-16 House

    Public Hearing and Work Session held.

  15. 2025-03-04 House

    Public Hearing held.

  16. 2025-02-13 House

    Public Hearing cancelled.

  17. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Revenue.

  18. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: The Act would give a credit off their UI taxes to employers whose rate for 2025 is less than their rate for the prior year by at least two and a half percentage points. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act would give a credit against UI taxes to employers whose rate for 2025 is less than their rate for the prior year by at least three percentage points. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).</i>]
Provides a credit against an employer's unemployment insurance taxes for calendar <b>year 2025</b> [<i>years 2025, 2026 and 2027</i>] if the employer's tax rate for calendar year 2025 is at least [<i>three</i>] <b>2.5</b> percentage points less than the employer's tax rate for calendar year 2024.
Relating to: Relating to employer taxes.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned