VA HB547 | 2008 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 27 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-04-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725)
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 27 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-04-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725)
Summary
Unemployment compensation; minimum earnings; maximum weekly benefit. Increases the wages an employee must have earned in the two highest earnings quarters of his base period in order to be eligible for unemployment benefits from $2,700 to $3,000 for claims effective on or after July 5, 2009. The measure also increases the maximum weekly unemployment compensation benefit from $363 to $378 for claims effective on or after July 6, 2008.
Title
Unemployment compensation; maximum weekly benefit.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-14 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725) | |
| 2008-03-27 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 725 (effective - see bill) | |
| 2008-03-09 | Senate: Signed by President | |
| 2008-03-07 | House: Signed by Speaker | |
| 2008-03-06 | House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB547ER) | |
| 2008-03-06 | House: Enrolled | |
| 2008-03-04 | Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | |
| 2008-03-04 | Senate: Read third time | |
| 2008-03-04 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | |
| 2008-03-03 | Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) | |
| 2008-02-19 | Senate: Assigned C&L sub: Workers' Compensation, Unemployment Compensation & Labor | |
| 2008-02-13 | Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor | |
| 2008-02-13 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed | |
| 2008-02-12 | House: Communicated to Senate | |
| 2008-02-12 | House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) | |
| 2008-02-12 | House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) | |
| 2008-02-11 | House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB547H1 | |
| 2008-02-11 | House: Committee substitute agreed to 080194656-H1 | |
| 2008-02-11 | House: Read second time | |
| 2008-02-09 | House: Read first time | |
| 2008-02-08 | House: Committee substitute printed 080194656-H1 | |
| 2008-02-07 | House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (22-Y 0-N) | |
| 2008-01-07 | House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor | |
| 2008-01-07 | House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080040656 |
Subjects
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB547 |
