Virginia House Bill 2115 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits; repayment of overpayments. Makes permanent provisions of the Code that expired on July 1, 2022, relating to unemployment compensation. The bill provides that when a claimant has had a determination of initial eligibility for unemployment benefits, as determined by the issuance of compensation or waiting-week credit, payments shall continue, subject to a presumption of continued eligibility, until a determination is made that provides the claimant notice and an opportunity to be heard. The bill requires the Virginia Employment Commission to waive the obligation to repay any overpayment if (i) the overpayment was made without fault on the part of the individual receiving benefits and (ii) requiring repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience. Conditions for when overpayments are considered "without fault on the part of the individual" are outlined in the bill. Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits; repayment of overpayments. Makes permanent provisions of the Code that expired on July 1, 2022, relating to unemployment compensation. The bill provides that when a claimant has had a determination of initial eligibility for unemployment benefits, as determined by the issuance of compensation or waiting-week credit, payments shall continue, subject to a presumption of continued eligibility, until a determination is made that provides the claimant notice and an opportunity to be heard. The bill requires the Virginia Employment Commission to waive the obligation to repay any overpayment if (i) the overpayment was made without fault on the part of the individual receiving benefits and (ii) requiring repayment would be contrary to equity and good conscience. Conditions for when overpayments are considered "without fault on the part of the individual" are outlined in the bill. The bill further provides that the Commission shall notify each person with an unpaid overpayment of benefits that he may be entitled to a waiver of repayment and provide 30 days to request such a waiver. This applies to outstanding overpayments established for claim weeks commencing on or after March 15, 2020. The bill allows the Commission to suspend or forgo referring any unpaid overpayment of benefits established since March 15, 2020, to the collections process indefinitely. The bill specifies that all costs that result from implementing provisions of this bill shall be incurred by federal administrative grants and the general fund. Additionally, the bill adds overpayments that the Commission has waived the requirement to repay to the list of situations where specific employers are not responsible for benefit charges.

Unemployment compensation; continuation of benefits, repayment of overpayments.

Del. Sally Hudson [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]
Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Jackie Glass [D]
Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Sen. Danica Roem [D]	Del. Don Scott [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2023-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 4-N) (Y: 3 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2023-01-24	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 4-N)
2023-01-19	House	Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100946D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
60	2	528	(n/a)	See Bill Text
60	2	619	(n/a)	See Bill Text
60	2	633	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2115
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2115+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2304V0009+HB2115