HB14
Unemployment compensation; employer's failure to respond to requests for information, etc.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Unemployment compensation; employer failure to respond to requests for information; claim determination; notice requirements.
Provides that an employer's account shall not be relieved of charges relating to an erroneous payment if the Virginia Employment Commission determines that (i) the employer has failed to respond timely or adequately to a written request for information related to the claim and (ii) the employer has established a ... (More) pattern of failing to respond timely or adequately to such requests, as described in the bill. The bill requires the Commission to provide written notice for each instance of untimely or inadequate employer response to such requests. The bill provides that upon the Commission's third determination, and for each subsequent determination, within the applicable review period that an employer failed to respond timely or adequately to such a request, the employer shall be considered to have waived all rights in connection with the claim, including participation and appeal rights. The bill requires a deputy examining a claim to provide the reasoning behind the decision, as described in the bill, and a short statement of case-specific facts material to the determination together with any notice of determination upon a claim. The provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation. This bill is identical to SB 381. (Less)-
Bill History
- 12/08/2023 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102497D
- 12/08/2023 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/15/2024 - House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/25/2024 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/25/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/30/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB14)
- 01/30/2024 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24106176D-H1
- 01/30/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/2024 - House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 02/02/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB14H1)
- 02/07/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2024 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24106377D-H2
- 02/08/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB14H2)
- 02/09/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/12/2024 - House: Committee on Labor and Commerce substitute rejected 24106176D-H1
- 02/12/2024 - House: Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24106377D-H2
- 02/12/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB14H2
- 02/13/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/26/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/26/2024 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108364D-S1
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Committee amendments rejected
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108364D-S1
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB14S1
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2024 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House 24108364D-S1 (0-Y 95-N)
- 02/28/2024 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 95-N)
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/28/2024 - House: House acceded to request
- 02/28/2024 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/28/2024 - House: Delegates: Ward, Maldonado, Ware
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Senators: Ebbin, Surovell, Peake
- 03/01/2024 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/01/2024 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/2024 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/2024 - House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB14ER)
- 03/07/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB14ER)
- 03/08/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/28/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 165 (effective 7/1/25)
- 03/28/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0165)
