Indiana House Bill 1244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Passed on March 30 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-30 - Public Law 119
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Unemployment hearings and appeals. Provides that, in unemployment appeals, the proceedings before an administrative law judge are de novo. Provides that an administrative law judge, review board member, or other individual who adjudicates claims can consider as evidence and include in the record those records of the department of workforce development (department) that are material to the issues being considered in the hearing if the records are made available to the interested parties prior to the hearing through (1) the United States mail or (2) the department's electronic portal. Removes the provision that provides that the department shall define the term "effort to secure full-time work". Provides that an individual has made an effort to secure full-time work with respect to any week in which the individual has completed certain activities directed by the department and affirmed that the individual has made an effort to secure full-time work. Requires the department, not later than December 31, 2021, to adopt rules to define (1) the acceptable types of work search activities, (2) the number of work search activities required to be completed in any week, (3) the requirements for producing documentation, and (4) the requirement to apply to, and accept if offered, suitable jobs referred by the department. Provides that 646 IAC 5-9-3 is void and directs the publisher of the Indiana Administrative Code and the Indiana Register to remove the section from the Indiana Administrative Code.

Unemployment hearings and appeals.

Rep. Ann Vermilion [R]	Rep. Daniel Leonard [R]	Sen. Philip Boots [R]	Sen. Clyde Perfect [R]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2020-03-05 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 87 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 12) [PASS]
2020-03-03 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 89 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-30	House	Public Law 119
2020-03-18	House	Signed by the Governor
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2020-03-12	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2020-03-10	House	Signed by the Speaker
2020-03-05	House	House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 323: yeas 87, nays 0
2020-03-04	House	Motion to concur filed
2020-03-04	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2020-03-03	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 303: yeas 50, nays 0
2020-03-02	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2020-03-02	Senate	Senator Perfect added as second sponsor
2020-03-02	Senate	Amendment #4 (Boots) prevailed; voice vote
2020-03-02	Senate	Amendment #2 (Boots) prevailed; voice vote
2020-03-02	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-02-27	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-02-17	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor
2020-02-04	House	Referred to the Senate
2020-02-03	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Boots
2020-02-03	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 166: yeas 89, nays 0
2020-01-30	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2020-01-28	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2020-01-13	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions
2020-01-13	House	Coauthored by Representative Leonard
2020-01-13	House	Authored by Representative Vermilion

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1244/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/d/9/9/fd997fbf/HB1244.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/f/f/b/0ffbff93/HB1244.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/2/4/d/924d61bb/HB1244.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/0/9/e/509ec864/HB1244.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/3/1/c/b31c4878/HB1244.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/9/6/3/2963c51a/HB1244.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/2/5/d/b25da5ae/HB1244.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/2/2/8/62283b68/HB1244.05.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/4/4/9/644952cf/HB1244.01.INTR.02.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/2/6/3/1263edbe/HB1244.166_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/3/c/6/43c66af2/HB1244.02.COMH.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/1/2/8/c128cf7c/HB1244.303_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/4/5/7/e4574f99/HB1244.323_H.pdf