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HB 1166 - Extends Emergency Benefit Enhancements Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic - New Hampshire Key Vote

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Title: Extends Emergency Benefit Enhancements Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic

Title: Extends Emergency Benefit Enhancements Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic

Vetoed by Governor Chris Sununu


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Title: Extends Emergency Benefit Enhancements Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that extends emergency benefit enhancements in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the extension of unemployment compensation.

Highlights:

 

  • Requires unemployment insurance benefits to cover (Sec. 3):

    • Employers or employees that temporarily shut down due to COVID-19;

    • An individual who is quarantined and who’s employer has asked them to return to work when quarantine is over; and

    • An individual that leaves employment due to themselves or a family member contracting COVID-19.

  • Exempts workers that contract COVID-19 from being disqualified from unemployment benefits (Sec. 4). 

  • Exempts workers that contract COVID-19 from having to repay their benefits should they disqualify for unemployment benefits (Sec. 6).

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Title: Extends Emergency Benefit Enhancements Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that extends emergency benefit enhancements in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the extension of unemployment compensation.

Highlights:

 

  • Requires unemployment insurance benefits to cover (Sec. 3):

    • Employers or employees that temporarily shut down due to COVID-19;

    • An individual who is quarantined and who’s employer has asked them to return to work when quarantine is over; and

    • An individual that leaves employment due to themselves or a family member contracting COVID-19.

  • Exempts workers that contract COVID-19 from being disqualified from unemployment benefits (Sec. 4). 

  • Exempts workers that contract COVID-19 from having to repay their benefits should they disqualify for unemployment benefits (Sec. 6).

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Title: Extends Emergency Benefit Enhancements Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic

Title: Extends Emergency Benefit Enhancements Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic

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