Signed by Governor Jan Brewer

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands requirements for unemployment benefits.

Highlights:

• Requires an unemployed individual to have engaged in a systematic and sustained effort to find work for at least 4 days of the week and to have made at least 3 work search contacts during that week in order to be eligible to receive unemployment benefits (Sec. 3).

• Requires an individual seeking benefits to have earned at least 390 times the minimum wage in the individual's last 3 months of employment in order to be eligible for benefits, whereas existing law requires an individual to have earned at least $1,500 in the last 3 months of his or her employment (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that individuals become ineligible for unemployment benefits in either of the following situations (Sec. 4):
• An individual fails a drug test conducted by a prospective employer as a condition for employment; or
• An individual refuses, without good reason, to submit to a drug test required by a prospective employer as a condition for employment.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands requirements for unemployment benefits.

Highlights:

• Requires an unemployed individual to have engaged in a systematic and sustained effort to find work for at least 4 days of the week and to have made at least 3 work search contacts during that week in order to be eligible to receive unemployment benefits (Sec. 3).

• Requires an individual seeking benefits to have earned at least 390 times the minimum wage in the individual's last 3 months of employment in order to be eligible for benefits, whereas existing law requires an individual to have earned at least $1,500 in the last 3 months of his or her employment (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that individuals become ineligible for unemployment benefits in either of the following situations (Sec. 4):
• An individual fails a drug test conducted by a prospective employer as a condition for employment; or
• An individual refuses, without good reason, to submit to a drug test required by a prospective employer as a condition for employment.

Full Bill Text