Mississippi House Bill 932 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 6 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-06 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 71-5-5, 71-5-7, 71-5-11, 71-5-19, 71-5-351, 71-5-353, 71-5-355, 71-5-367, 71-5-389, 71-5-453, 71-5-455, 71-5-505 And 71-5-511, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Place Administrative Control Over The Unemployment Trust Fund And The Unemployment Compensation Fund Exclusively In The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security (mdes); To Revise Certain Terms In The Mississippi Employment Security Law; To Give The Mdes The Authority To Administratively Issue Garnishments To Collect Delinquent Employer Taxes And Recover Unemployment Benefit Overpayments; To Authorize The Executive Director Of The Mdes To Grant Extensions Of Time To File Certain Reports Under Certain Circumstances; To Provide Additional Funds For The Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund For One Calendar Year; To Provide That An Employer Shall Be Charged Against His Experience Rating If The Employer Fails To Respond Adequately Or Timely To A Request Of The Mdes For Information Relating To An Unemployment Claim That Was Subsequently Determined Improperly Paid And The Employer Has Failed To Respond Timely Or Adequately To Such Requests; To Expand The Definition Of The Term "debtor" And "refund" Under The Provisions That Allow Mdes To Collect Debts Through Setoffs Against A Taxpayer's Income Tax Refund; To Revise The Manner In Which Notice Is Given To A Taxpayer Of A Hearing To Protest A Setoff Against The Taxpayer's State Income Tax Refund For Debts The Taxpayer Owes Mdes; To Provide That The One Week Waiting Period For Unemployment Benefits May Be Waived Only Upon A Presidential Disaster Declaration Authorizing Assistance To Individuals And Only In Areas Identified In The Disaster Declaration For Individual Assistance; To Require That An Unemployed Individual Must Be Actively Seeking Work To Be Eligible To Receive Benefits; To Amend Sections 71-5-13, 71-5-357, 71-5-361 And 71-5-501, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Department of Employment Security; expand authority of.

Rep. Donnie Bell [R]

2013-02-28 - House - House Concurred in Amend From Senate (Y: 118 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-27 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-12 - House - House Passed (Y: 95 N: 23 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-06		Approved by Governor
2013-03-05	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2013-03-05	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2013-02-28	House	Immediate Release
2013-02-28	House	Concurred in Amend From Senate
2013-02-27	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2013-02-27	Senate	Immediate Release
2013-02-27	Senate	Passed As Amended
2013-02-27	Senate	Amended
2013-02-21	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2013-02-15	Senate	Referred To Finance
2013-02-14	House	Transmitted To Senate
2013-02-12	House	Passed
2013-02-12	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2013-02-05	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB0932.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0932IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0932CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0932PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0932SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0360004.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/senate/0510010.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0520003.pdf