Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Insurance Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.
2013 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2594
Employment Security; revise the general experience rate for all employers; persons must be actively seeking work to receive benefits.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-5-355, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYER SHALL BE CHARGED AGAINST HIS EXPERIENCE RATING IF THE EMPLOYER FAILS TO RESPOND ADEQUATELY OR TIMELY TO A REQUEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO AN UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIM THAT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED IMPROPERLY PAID AND THE EMPLOYER HAS DEMONSTRATED A PATTERN OF FAILING TO RESPOND TIMELY OR ADEQUATELY TO SUCH REQUESTS; TO REVISE THE GENERAL EXPERIENCE RATE FOR ALL EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE MISSISSIPPI WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT TRAINING FUND FOR ONE CALENDAR YEAR; TO AMEND SECTION 71-5-511, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT AN UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL MUST BE ACTIVELY SEEKING WORK TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 21 to February 5, 2013, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.