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STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE FILE NO. SF0138
Unemployment insurance coverage period and reporting.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Kolb, Biteman, Driskill, Ide and Kinskey and Representative(s) Burkhart,
Heiner, Jennings, Larsen, L, Neiman and Stith
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to labor and employment; reducing the
2 maximum length of unemployment benefits; renaming the
3 unemployment insurance commission; specifying
4 applicability; and providing for an effective date.
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6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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8 Section 1. W.S. 27-3-102(a)(v), 27-3-304,
9 27-3-316(c)(ii), 27-3-601(a) and 27-14-802(b) are amended
10 to read:
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12 27-3-102. Definitions generally.
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1 (a) Except as otherwise provided, as used in this
2 act:
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4 (v) "Commission" means the unemployment
5 re-employment insurance commission of Wyoming within the
6 department of workforce services;
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8 27-3-304. Maximum payment.
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10 Except as provided by W.S. 27-3-316, the maximum amount of
11 benefits payable to any eligible individual in a benefit
12 year shall not exceed twenty-six (26) thirteen (13) times
13 his weekly benefit or thirty percent (30%) of his wages
14 payable for insured work in his base period, whichever is
15 less. This amount shall be computed to the next higher
16 multiple of his weekly benefit.
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18 27-3-316. Applicability of regular claim and payment
19 provisions to extended benefits; determination of amount.
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21 (c) An eligible individual's total extended benefit
22 amount for his applicable benefit year is the lesser of:
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1 (ii) Thirteen (13) Six and one-half (6.5) times
2 his weekly benefit amount under this article for a week of
3 total unemployment in the applicable benefit year. A
4 reduction in an eligible claimant's weekly and potential
5 maximum extended benefit amount, resulting from the
6 application of paragraph (b)(i) of this section, will not
7 increase the number of weeks of extended benefit
8 entitlement beyond that specified in paragraphs (i) and
9 (ii) of this subsection.
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11 27-3-601. Re-employment insurance commission created;
12 composition; terms; vacancies; salary; chairman; quorum;
13 removal; office; seal.
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15 (a) The unemployment re-employment insurance
16 commission of Wyoming is created within the department of
17 workforce services and shall consist of three (3) members
18 serving a term of six (6) years each. Appointments,
19 vacancies and expiration of terms shall be in accordance
20 with W.S. 28-12-101 through 28-12-103. A member shall not
21 hold any state office or serve as an officer or on a
22 committee of any political organization during the term of
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1 membership. No more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the
2 members shall be of the same political party.
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4 27-14-802. Rulemaking power; fees; state's average
5 wages; vocational rehabilitation; contracts with clerks of
6 district court.
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8 (b) Before the last day of each quarter in each year,
9 the department shall estimate the average monthly and
10 weekly wage for the twelve (12) months preceding the
11 quarter, based on unemployment re-employment insurance
12 commission information and other available statistics.
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14 Section 2. This act shall only apply to unemployment
15 claims filed on or after July 1, 2023.
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17 Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2023.
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19 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 27-3-102, 27-3-304, 27-3-316, 27-3-601, 27-14-802