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SF0034 • 2018

Military spouse unemployment sunset repeal.

AN ACT relating to labor and employment; removing the sunset provision terminating military spouse unemployment benefits; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Transportation
Last action
2018-03-16
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/14/2018

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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SF0034H2001

2nd reading • Lindholm

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by Lindholm

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SF0034H3001

3rd reading • Eklund

Failed

Plain English: Failed 3rd reading by Eklund

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SF0034JC001

Conference Committee

S Adopted, H Adopted

Plain English: S Adopted, H Adopted Conference Committee

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Bill History

  1. 2018-03-16 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0068

  2. 2018-03-16 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 110

  3. 2018-03-10 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0068

  4. 2018-03-10 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0068

  5. 2018-03-10 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0068

  6. 2018-03-10 House

    H Appointed JCC01 Members

  7. 2018-03-09 Senate

    S Appointed JCC01 Members

  8. 2018-03-09 Senate

    S Concur:Failed 10-20-0-0-0

  9. 2018-03-08 Senate

    S Received for Concurrence

  10. 2018-03-08 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 44-15-1-0-0

  11. 2018-03-07 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  12. 2018-03-06 House

    H COW:Passed

  13. 2018-03-05 House

    H Placed on General File

  14. 2018-03-05 House

    H02 - Appropriations:Recommend Do Pass 7-0-0-0-0

  15. 2018-03-02 House

    H08: Rerefer to Appropriations

  16. 2018-03-02 House

    H08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0

  17. 2018-02-23 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation

  18. 2018-02-15 House

    H Received for Introduction

  19. 2018-02-15 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-1-0-0

  20. 2018-02-14 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  21. 2018-02-13 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  22. 2018-02-13 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  23. 2018-02-13 Senate

    S08 - Transportation:Recommend Do Pass 4-0-1-0-0

  24. 2018-02-12 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 29-0-1-0-0

  25. 2018-02-09 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  26. 2018-01-02 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary

Bill No.:
SF0034
Effective
:
Immediately

LSO No.:
18LSO-0154

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0068

Chapter No.:
110

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Military spouse unemployment sunset repeal.

Subject:
Repeal
ing a sunset provision to continue unemployment
benefits
for military spouse
s
.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill
repeals

a sunset provision that would have terminated unemployment benefits
July 1, 2018
for military spouses who are unemployed as the result of a military member's relocation assignment.
Unemployment benefits under this provision
are
federally reimbursed and are
not
charged to
an employer's experience rating account.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill
.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0034

ENROLLED ACT NO. 68,

SENATE

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF WYOMING
2018 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to labor and employment; removing the sunset provision terminating military spouse unemployment benefits; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 27
‑
3
‑
311(a)(i)(D) is amended to read:

27
‑
3
‑
311
.

Disqualifications from entitlement; grounds; forfeiture.

(a)

An individual shall be disqualified from benefit entitlement beginning with the effective date of an otherwise valid claim or the week during which the failure occurred, until he has been employed in an employee
‑
employer relationship and has earned at least eight (8) times the weekly benefit amount of his current claim for services after that date, if the department finds that he:

(i)

Left his most recent work voluntarily without good cause attributable directly to his employment, except:

(D)

If unemployed as a result of relocation due to the transfer of the unemployed individual's spouse, either within or outside the state, from which it is impractical to commute to the place of employment, and upon arrival at the new residence, the individual is in all respects able and available for suitable work and registers for work with the department of workforce services or an equivalent agency of another state where the individual is residing. To qualify under this subparagraph, the individual shall be married to a member of the United States armed forces whose relocation is the result of an
assignment on active duty as defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(d)(1), active guard or reserve duty as defined in 10 U.S.C. 101(d)(6), active duty pursuant to title 10 of the United States Code, or training or other duty performed by a member of the army national guard of the United States or the air national guard of the United States under section 316, 502, 503, 504 or 505 of title 32 of the United States Code. Any benefits awarded under this subparagraph shall be noncharged benefits and shall not affect an employer's experience rating account.
This subparagraph is repealed
effective July 1, 2018.

Section 2
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
Senate
.

Chief Clerk

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