Category Archives: Unemployment (HRS 383)

HB 852 HD 1

SUBJECT: INCOME, GENERAL EXCISE, UNEMPLOYMENT, Add agricultural product processing as an eligible Enterprise Zone activity.

BILL NUMBER:  HB 852 HD 1

INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Economic Development

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Amends the definition of “eligible business activity” to include the processing of value-added agricultural products grown within an enterprise zone and the development or production of renewable energy. Continue reading HB 852 HD 1

SB 817

SUBJECT: NET INCOME, GENERAL EXCISE, UNEMPLOYMENT, Expand enterprise zone eligibility to include renewable energy

BILL NUMBER:  SB 817, HB 852

INTRODUCED BY: DELA CRUZ, CHANG, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, Kidani, Wakai; HB by HOLT, BELATTI, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, ONISHI, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TODD

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Amends the definition of “eligible business activity” to include the processing of value-added agricultural products grown within an enterprise zone and the development or production of renewable energy. Continue reading SB 817

HB 852 HD 1

SUBJECT: INCOME, GENERAL EXCISE, UNEMPLOYMENT, Add agricultural product processing as an eligible Enterprise Zone activity.

BILL NUMBER:  HB 852 HD 1

INTRODUCED BY: House Committee on Agriculture & Food Systems

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Amends the definition of “eligible business activity” to include the processing of value-added agricultural products grown within an enterprise zone and the development or production of renewable energy. Continue reading HB 852 HD 1

SB 817, HB 852

SUBJECT: INCOME, GENERAL EXCISE, UNEMPLOYMENT, Expand enterprise zone eligibility to include renewable energy

BILL NUMBER:  SB 817, HB 852

INTRODUCED BY: DELA CRUZ, CHANG, KEITH-AGARAN, MCKELVEY, Kidani, Wakai; HB by HOLT, BELATTI, COCHRAN, HASHIMOTO, KITAGAWA, LAMOSAO, LOWEN, MARTEN, MATAYOSHI, ONISHI, QUINLAN, TAKENOUCHI, TODD

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Amends the definition of “eligible business activity” to include the processing of value-added agricultural products grown within an enterprise zone and the development or production of renewable energy. Continue reading SB 817, HB 852

HB 2471 SD1

SUBJECT:  UNEMPLOYMENT, Temporary Redefinition of “Adequate Reserve Fund”

BILL NUMBER: HB 2471 SD1

INTRODUCED BY:  Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Amends the definition of “adequate reserve fund” to exclude the benefit cost rate from June 2020 through August 2021 effective from 2023 to 2030.  We see this an attempt to stabilize unemployment rates for the years 2023 through 2030 without resorting to artificially setting the rate schedule by statute. Continue reading HB 2471 SD1

SB 3128 SD2

SUBJECT:  UNEMPLOYMENT, Temporary Redefinition of “Adequate Reserve Fund”

BILL NUMBER:  SB 3128 SD2

INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Ways and Means

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Amends the definition of Adequate Reserve Fund for calendar years 2023 through 2030 to exclude the Benefit Cost Rate from June 2020 through August 2021.

We see this an attempt to stabilize unemployment rates for the years 2023 through 2030 without resorting to artificially setting the rate schedule by statute.

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HB 2471 HD1

SUBJECT:  UNEMPLOYMENT, Temporary Redefinition of “Adequate Reserve Fund”

BILL NUMBER: HB 2471 HD1

INTRODUCED BY:  House Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Amends the definition of “adequate reserve fund” to exclude the benefit cost rate from June 2020 through August 2021 effective from 2023 to 2030.  We see this an attempt to stabilize unemployment rates for the years 2023 through 2030 without resorting to artificially setting the rate schedule by statute. Continue reading HB 2471 HD1

HB 2469 HD 1

SUBJECT:  UNEMPLOYMENT; Add Another Unemployment Compensation Reserve Fund

BILL NUMBER:  HB 2469 HD 1

INTRODUCED BY:  House Committee on Labor & Tourism

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Establishes an unemployment compensation insolvency special fund to be expended solely to resolve an unemployment compensation trust fund insolvency emergency declared by the Governor. Permits the Governor to declare an unemployment compensation trust fund insolvency emergency and to expend moneys from the fund if the Director of Finance determines that the fund balance is insufficient to meet the State’s obligations. Appropriates moneys into the unemployment compensation insolvency special fund.  Our view is that we already have a rainy-day fund and don’t need another one. Continue reading HB 2469 HD 1

SB 3128 SD1

SUBJECT:  UNEMPLOYMENT, Temporary Redefinition of “Adequate Reserve Fund”

BILL NUMBER:  SB 3128 SD1

INTRODUCED BY: Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Amends the definition of “adequate reserve fund” to exclude the benefit cost rate from June 2020 through August 2021 effective from 2023 to 2030.  We see this an attempt to stabilize unemployment rates for the years 2023 through 2030 without resorting to artificially setting the rate schedule by statute.

Continue reading SB 3128 SD1

HB 2469 HD 1

SUBJECT:  UNEMPLOYMENT; Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund

BILL NUMBER:  HB 2469 HD 1

INTRODUCED BY:  House Committee on Labor & Tourism

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:   Establishes an unemployment compensation insolvency special fund to be expended solely to resolve an unemployment compensation trust fund insolvency emergency declared by the Governor. Permits the Governor to declare an unemployment compensation trust fund insolvency emergency and to expend moneys from the fund if the Director of Finance determines that the fund balance is insufficient to meet the State’s obligations. Appropriates moneys into the unemployment compensation insolvency special fund.  Our view is that we already have a rainy-day fund and don’t need another one.

Continue reading HB 2469 HD 1