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 Bill Status of HB5052  97th General Assembly


Short Description:  UNEMPL INS-MISCONDUCT-KNOWING

House Sponsors
Rep. David R. Leitch - Jehan A. Gordon

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/8/2013HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
820 ILCS 405/602from Ch. 48, par. 432


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act regarding ineligibility for benefits because of a discharge for misconduct by changing the elements of the definition of "misconduct" as follows: by requiring that a violation constituting misconduct be knowing (rather than deliberate and willful); by providing that a violation of a reasonable rule or policy has harmed the employing unit or another employee or other employees (rather than the employing unit or other employees); and by providing that a violation is knowing when an individual acts deliberately to violate the rule or policy, is consciously aware that his or her conduct will violate the rule or policy, or is consciously aware that his or her conduct is practically certain to violate the rule or policy.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/7/2012HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. David R. Leitch
  2/7/2012HouseFirst Reading
  2/7/2012HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/8/2012HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
  2/27/2012HouseAssigned to Labor Committee
  3/9/2012HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/8/2013HouseSession Sine Die

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