To authorize a change in the formula that determines employer payroll tax assessments to a state fund that provides expeditious payment of unemployment benefits, based on whether the fund has sufficient money to cover expected claims.   Official Text and Analysis.

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To tie-bar the bill to Senate Bill 525, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. SB 525 would increase unemployment benefits.

To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 4655, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 4655 would increase unemployment benefits.

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

To revise the amount of reserves that must be kept in the state insurance fund the bill would affect from a dollar figure ($2.5 billion) to an amount that would based on an specified adequacy calculation.