2017 Senate Bill 532

Revise procedures for reclaiming allegedly improper unemployment benefits

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 7, 2017

Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D-18)

To eliminate an exception for fraud and misstatements in a law that prohibits the state from seeking to reclaim unemployment benefits collected improperly more than three years earlier. Also, to reduce the amount that a person’s wages can be garnished for repayment of unemployment benefits to which he or she was not entitled.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations