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Minutes for HB2570 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

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Defining benefit year, temporary unemployment and other terms in the employment security law, requiring electronic filing for certain employers, establishing qualifications for employment security board of review candidates, extending the deadline for new accounts following business acquisitions, making certain changes to the employer rate schedules, enabling employers to report claimant work search issues, confirming legislative coordinating council oversight for the new unemployment insurance information technology system implementation, authorizing the secretary to grant temporary unemployment, requiring the secretary to annually publish certain data and abolishing the employment security interest assessment fund.

Minutes Content for Tue, Feb 6, 2024

Chairman Tarwater reopened the hearing on HB2570.

The following spoke in person as proponents of the bill:

Dan Murray, National Federation of Independent Business.(Attachment 2)

Phillip Hayes, Vice President of the Arnold Group.(Attachment 3)

William Wilk, Senior Vice President, Kansas Chamber.(Attachment 4)

Michael White, Executive Director, Kansas Contractors Association(Attachment 5).

All conferees stood for questions.

There was no opponent or neutral testimony provided.

Written proponent  testimony was provided by:

Andrew Wiens, Opportunity Solutions Project(Attachment 6)

Kevin Walker, Overland Park Chamber of Commerce.(Attachment 7)

Chairman Tarwater closed the hearing on HB2570.

The meeting was adjourned.

The next scheduled meeting will be Wednesday, February 8, 2024 at 1:30 P.M.