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KS SB229
KS SB229House Substitute for SB 229 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by the legislature, authorizing the secretary of labor to recognize and approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans if such plans meet specific criteria and integrating such plans into the employment security law, updating and reorganizing statutory language, enhan
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Introduced
02/06/2025
02/06/2025
In Committee
03/03/2026
03/03/2026
Crossed Over
03/24/2025
03/24/2025
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
Potential new amendment
2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
AN ACT concerning labor and employment; relating to the employment security law; providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by legislative committees of both houses; authorizing the secretary of labor to recognize and approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans if such plans meet specific criteria, including compliance with federal guidance and being employer funded; ensuring that supplemental unemployment benefit plans do not disqualify employees from state unemployment benefits; requiring the secretary to maintain a registry of authorized plans and monitor the impact of such plans on the employment security trust fund; updating terminology and reorganizing sections for improved readability and compliance; enhancing federal conformity by incorporating references to federal laws and guidelines; integrating supplemental unemployment benefit plans into the current statutory framework; authorizing the secretary to adopt rules and regulations for supplemental unemployment benefits; updating provisions pertaining to temporary unemployment benefits and benefit exhaustion; providing that such benefits may extend for up to eight weeks; refining rate table and experience-rating provisions; discontinuing certain debt-relief provisions for negative balance employers; updating provisions for determining suitable work and disqualification conditions for unemployment benefits; enhancing electronic filing provisions; updating and clarifying certain definitions; providing for certain publication and data reporting duties of the secretary; clarifying criminal provisions and penalties for fraud; consolidating provisions of the employment security insurance act for domestic violence survivors and repealing redundant sections; amending K.S.A. 44-701, 44-702, 44-704a, 44-704b, 44-710d, 44-710e, 44-710f, 44-710i, 44-711, 44- 712, 44-713, 44-713a, 44-714, 44-715, 44-716, 44-716a, 44-718, 44- 719, 44-720, 44-721, 44-722, 44-723, 44-724, 44-725, 44-727, 44-758, 44-760, 44-765, 44-766, 44-767, 44-768, 44-769, 44-770, 44-773 and 44-777 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 44-703, 44-704, 44-705, 44-706, 44- 710, 44-710a, 44-710b, 44-717, 44-772, 44-774, 44-775 and 79-3234 SB 229—Am. by HCW and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 44-706a, 44- 761, 44-762, 44-763 and 44-764.
AI Summary
This bill, titled the Kansas Unemployment Insurance Modernization and Conformity Act, aims to update and reorganize the state's employment security law. Key provisions include establishing a legislative review process for any amendments, suspensions, or repeals to employment security law, ensuring that such changes are not made through budget provisos or temporary fiscal measures without legislative committee review. It also authorizes the Secretary of Labor to approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans if they meet specific criteria, such as being employer-funded and complying with federal guidelines, and clarifies that these plans will not disqualify employees from receiving state unemployment benefits. The bill further updates terminology, reorganizes statutory language for clarity, enhances conformity with federal laws and guidelines, and refines provisions related to temporary unemployment benefits, benefit exhaustion, and the determination of suitable work. It also includes updated definitions, provisions for electronic filing, clarification of fraud penalties, and consolidation of certain protections for domestic violence survivors, while repealing redundant sections of the existing law.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Business and Industry
Sponsors (0)
No sponsors listed
Other Sponsors (1)
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
Last Action
House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 88 Nay: 34 (on 03/27/2026)
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