Bill Text: NH HB1337 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to the duration of unemployment benefits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-04-14 - Inexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 04/14/2022; Senate Journal 8 [HB1337 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1337-Amended.html
HB 1337 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
17Mar2022... 0732h
2022 SESSION
22-2295
04/08
HOUSE BILL 1337
AN ACT relative to the duration of unemployment benefits.
SPONSORS: Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Doucette, Rock. 8; Rep. Notter, Hills. 21; Rep. Renzullo, Hills. 37
COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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ANALYSIS
This bill specifies the duration of unemployment benefits based on the state's average unemployment rate.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17Mar2022... 0732h 22-2295
04/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to the duration of unemployment benefits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Unemployment Compensation; Weekly Benefit Amount. Amend RSA 282-A:25 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV.(a) Notwithstanding RSA 4:45 and the maximum benefit amounts in paragraph I, for unemployment compensation claims submitted during a calendar year, the duration of benefits under this chapter shall be limited to 16 weeks, if the state’s average unemployment rate is at or below 3 percent, plus one additional week for each 0.5 percent increment in the state’s average unemployment rate above 3 percent, up to a maximum of 26 weeks if the state’s average unemployment rate exceeds 8 percent.
(b) In this paragraph, "state average unemployment rate” shall mean the average of the 3 months for the most recent fourth calendar year quarter of the seasonally adjusted total unemployment rates as determined and benchmarked by the department of labor.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 120 days after its passage.
