LRB-2555/1
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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
August 29, 2011 - Introduced by Representatives Mason, Pocan, Grigsby, Roys,
Milroy, Sinicki, Molepske Jr, Jorgensen, Hulsey, Pasch, Bewley, Richards,
Hintz, Staskunas, Berceau, Seidel, Young, Fields, Doyle, D. Cullen, Turner,
Ringhand, Kessler, Barca and Pope-Roberts, cosponsored by Senators
Wirch, C. Larson, T. Cullen, Lassa, Erpenbach, Vinehout, S. Coggs,
Holperin, Risser and
Hansen. Referred to Committee on Labor and
Workforce Development.
AB230,1,3
1An Act to repeal 108.02 (26m) and 108.04 (3) of the statutes;
relating to:
2deletion of the waiting period for collection of unemployment insurance
3benefits.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, effective for any claimant establishing an unemployment insurance
benefit claim after December 31, 2011, the claimant must wait one week after
becoming eligible to receive benefits before the claimant may receive benefits for a
week of unemployment. The waiting period does not affect the maximum number
of weeks of a claimant's benefit eligibility.
This bill deletes the one-week waiting period, thus permitting a claimant to
receive benefits beginning with the first week of eligibility.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB230,2,54
(1) This act first applies with respect to benefit years beginning on the effective
5date of this subsection.
