DE HB73 | 2023-2024 | 152nd General Assembly
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Passed on September 14 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-09-14 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Passed on September 14 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-09-14 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]
Summary
This House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 73 provides a 5-year statute of limitations for the Department of Labor to bring civil actions to recover nonfraud overpayment debts and no period of limitations to recover fraud overpayment debts. This portion of the Substitute will apply to overpayment debts for which the statute of limitations has not yet run, which includes those that accrued less than 3 years prior to the enactment of this Act. This Substitute expressly codifies the current law that there is no deadline for the Department to collect overpayment debts by offset of future benefits, by state Department of Revenue offset or by federal Treasury offset of tax refunds, the last of which is mandated by federal law. Finally, this Substitute creates an overpayment waiver program, effective retroactively to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, to give the Department authority to waive non-fraud overpayments of traditional unemployment benefits resulting from either Department error or claimants receiving certain low-income public assistance.
Title
An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Civil Actions To Recover Overpaid Unemployment Benefits.
Sponsors
Rep. Edward Osienski [D] | Rep. Kimberly Williams [D] | Sen. Bryan Townsend [D] | Sen. Jack Walsh [D] |
Rep. Jeff Hilovsky [R] | Rep. Michael Smith [R] | Sen. Kyle Gay [D] |
Roll Calls
2023-06-29 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-06-20 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-06-20 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2023-09-14 | Signed by Governor | |
2023-06-29 | Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES | |
2023-06-28 | Reported Out of Committee (Labor) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits | |
2023-06-20 | Assigned to Labor Committee in Senate | |
2023-06-20 | Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT | |
2023-06-15 | was introduced and adopted in lieu of HB 73 |