Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD706: An Act Regarding the Laws Relating to Unemployment Insurance
Status: Signed into law, June 10, 2025
What the bill says
An Act Regarding the Laws Relating to Unemployment Insurance.
From the engrossed text:
An Act Regarding the Laws Relating to Unemployment Insurance Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1043, sub-§3-A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 9, §1, is further amended to read: 3-A. Alternate base period. For benefit years effective on or after September 27, 1992 for any individual who fails to meet the eligibility requirements of section 1192, subsection 5 1192-A, subsection 2, paragraph F in the base period as defined in subsection 3, the Department of Labor shall make a redetermination of eligibility based on a base period that consists of the last 4 completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of the individual's benefit year. This base period is known as the "alternate base period." If wage information for the most recent quarter of the alternate base period is not available to the department from regular quarterly reports of wage information that is systematically accessible, the department shall gather the necessary data in accordance with rules established for this purpose. If the department receives information from the employer that causes a revised monetary determination under this subsection, benefits received prior to that revision may not constitute an overpayment of benefits provided as long as the claimant did not knowingly misrepresent information requested by the department. Wages that fall within the base period of claims established under this subsection are not …
Sponsors
- Marshall Archer (D, 129) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-379) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-379), in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith.
- : CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-379).Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- : Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 2025.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
Common questions
- What is LD706?
- LD706 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act Regarding the Laws Relating to Unemployment Insurance.
- What does LD706 do?
- In its own words: An Act Regarding the Laws Relating to Unemployment Insurance.
- What is the status of LD706?
- Signed into law as of June 10, 2025. Latest action: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (June 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD706?
- Marshall Archer (D, 129).
- Where is the official record for LD706?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=706&snum=132
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