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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
February 24, 2021 - Introduced by Senators Bewley,
Agard, Carpenter,
Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Smith and Wirch,
cosponsored by Representatives
Hintz, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh,
Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Drake,
Emerson, Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, McGuire, B. Meyers,
Milroy, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez,
Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass,
Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink. Referred to Committee on
Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection.
SB138,1,2
1An Act to create 108.141 (8) of the statutes;
relating to: federal extended
2unemployment benefits.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under federal law, the extended benefits program provides for additional weeks
of unemployment insurance benefits, which are usually funded 50 percent by the
federal government and 50 percent by the particular state. The extended benefits
program is activated, and deactivated, in a state when the state's insured
unemployment rate or total unemployment rate reaches certain thresholds, except
that federal and state laws also require an “off” period of 13 weeks before an extended
benefits period may be activated following a prior extended benefits period for the
state. However, the Continued Assistance for Unemployed Workers Act of 2020
provides that states may opt out of the mandatory 13-week off period between
November 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021. The bill provides that DWD may waive
this requirement for the 13-week off period under state law if permitted by federal
law.
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:
SB138,12m
3Section 12m. 108.141 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
SB138,2,5
1108.141
(8) Secretary may waive compliance. Notwithstanding sub. (1) (c) 1.
2b., the secretary may, if permitted by federal law, waive the prohibition under sub.
3(1) (c) 1. b. that no extended benefit period may begin by reason of a Wisconsin “on"
4indicator before the 14th week following the end of a prior extended benefit period
5that was in effect with respect to Wisconsin.
