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AZ SB1279

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/29/2015

Primary Sponsor

Barbara McGuire

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature - First Regular Session (2015)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 23-771 regarding unemployment insurance eligibility requirements.

  • Prohibits the Department of Economic Security from presuming that full-time students are unavailable for work or disqualifying them from unemployment benefits based solely on their student status.

  • Makes minor technical corrections to existing eligibility language, including replacing "in accordance with such" with "pursuant to" and other clarifying edits.

  • Maintains all other existing eligibility requirements for unemployment benefits, including work registration, claims filing, ability to work, work availability, job search efforts, and wage thresholds.

Legislative Description

Unemployment insurance; eligibility; full-time students

Last Action

Referred to Senate CWD Committee

2/2/2015

Full Bill Text

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