Virginia Senate Bill 775 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-04-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0771)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Unemployment compensation; noncharging of overpayments; penalty for fraudulent claims. Provides that an employer shall not be relieved from a claimant's benefit charges relating to an overpayment of unemployment benefits when the employer has established a pattern of failing to respond timely or adequately to such requests. A similar requirement is established for reimbursable employing units. A pattern of failing to respond timely or adequately to such requests exists if an employer fails to respond adequately to a request for information four times in a four-year period. After the first three such failures, the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) is required to give the employer a notice, and is required to assess a $75 civil penalty for a third failure. The VEC is required to monitor the implementation of this provision and report its findings periodically to the Commission on Unemployment Compensation. The measure also provides that any person who is disqualified for unemployment benefits as a result of a fraudulent act or omission shall be assessed a penalty of 15 percent of the amount of any unemployment benefits received for which he was not entitled. Finally, the measure allows benefit overpayments and penalties to be recovered through offsets and eliminates the provision that makes individuals who have obtained benefits as the result of fraud ineligible for benefits until such benefits have been repaid. The enactment of a noncharging provision and a fraud penalty are required pursuant to the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011. The measure is a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation.

Unemployment compensation; noncharging of overpayments, penalty for fraudulent claims.

Sen. John Watkins [R]

2013-04-03 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-04-03 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-12 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-14 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-03		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0771)
2013-04-03		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 771 (effective 7/1/13)
2013-04-03	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2013-04-03	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2013-04-03	Senate	Reenrolled bill text (SB775ER2)
2013-04-03	Senate	Reenrolled
2013-04-03		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2013-04-03	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N)
2013-04-03	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (93-Y 0-N)
2013-04-03	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
2013-04-02	Senate	Placed on Calendar
2013-03-13	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2013-02-18	Senate	Signed by President
2013-02-15	House	Signed by Speaker
2013-02-15	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB775ER)
2013-02-15	Senate	Enrolled
2013-02-12	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
2013-02-12	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2013-02-12	House	Read third time
2013-02-11	House	Read second time
2013-02-07	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor (20-Y 0-N)
2013-01-25	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2013-01-25	House	Read first time
2013-01-25	House	Placed on Calendar
2013-01-18	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2013-01-17	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2013-01-16	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-01-14	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
2012-12-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2012-12-18	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100415D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
60	2	528.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
60	2	618	(n/a)	See Bill Text
60	2	619	(n/a)	See Bill Text
60	2	636	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB775
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB775+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB775ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB775ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0771+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S02V0015+SB0775
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0054SB0775+SB0775
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0067SB0775+SB0775
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H14V0126+SB0775
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV0783+SB0775
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0942SB0775+SB0775
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV1385+SB0775