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2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 274

An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in compensation, further providing for qualifications required to secure compensation and for ineligibility for compensation, providing for eligibility related to domestic violence and further providing for rate and amount of compensation.

Became law as Act 55 of 2025, signed December 22, 2025, 334 days after it was filed.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

27 co-sponsors

SETH M. GROVE, Melissa L. Shusterman, PATRICK J. HARKINS, Carol Hill-Evans, Kristin Marcell, Tarik Khan, Lindsay Powell, Arvind Venkat, DANIEL J. DEASY JR., Jeanne McNeill, Andre D. Carroll, ROBERT FREEMAN, Michael H. Schlossberg, Jose Giral, La'Tasha D. Mayes, Kristine C. Howard, Melissa Cerrato, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Malcolm Kenyatta, Perry S. Warren, Joseph C. Hohenstein, Heather Boyd, Keith S. Harris, Dave Madsen, G. Roni Green, Abigail Salisbury, Carol Kazeem

Its course

January 22 to December 22, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action37 actions on 17 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 22 to Mar 1956 days

Labor & IndustryJan 22 to Jan 297 days

AppropriationsMar 18 to Mar 191 day

In the SenateMar 19 to Dec 9265 days

Labor & IndustryMar 21 to Jul 16117 days

Labor & IndustryOct 22 to Oct 297 days

Rules & Executive NominationsDec 8 to Dec 80 days

AppropriationsDec 9 to Dec 90 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesDec 9 to Dec 178 days

Waiting to be sentDec 17 to Dec 181 day

With the GovernorDec 18 to Dec 224 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading198–4

    Passed · Mar 19

  • Senate, amendment42–5

    Dec 9

  • Senate, third reading42–5

    Passed · Dec 9

  • House of Representatives, concurrence157–46

    Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Dec 17

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jan 29

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 18

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Oct 29

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Dec 8

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Dec 9

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 22 – Mar 19

  1. Jan 22Sent to LABOR AND INDUSTRY
  2. Jan 29LABOR AND INDUSTRY recommended it as amended
  3. Mar 18Amended and read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Mar 19APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 198 to 4

In the Senate Mar 21 – Dec 9

  1. Mar 21Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to LABOR AND INDUSTRY
  3. Jul 16LABOR AND INDUSTRY recommended it
  4. Jul 17Read a second time
  5. Oct 22Sent to LABOR AND INDUSTRY
  6. Oct 29LABOR AND INDUSTRY recommended it as amended
  7. Dec 8Sent to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
  8. RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS recommended it as amended
  9. Dec 9Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  10. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  11. Amended on the floor
  12. Passed the Senate, 42 to 5

Back in the House of Representatives Dec 15 – Dec 17

  1. Dec 15Returned to the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to RULES
  3. Dec 17The House of Representatives agreed to the other chamber's changes, 157 to 46
  4. Signed in the House of Representatives

To the Governor Dec 17 – Dec 22

  1. Dec 17Signed in the Senate
  2. Dec 18Sent to the Governor
  3. Dec 22Signed by the Governor
  4. Became Act 55 of 2025
All 37 actions, as published
  1. Jan 22Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Jan. 22, 2025House of Representatives
  2. Jan 29Reported as amended, Jan. 29, 2025House of Representatives
  3. Jan 29First consideration, Jan. 29, 2025House of Representatives
  4. Jan 29Laid on the table, Jan. 29, 2025House of Representatives
  5. Feb 4Removed from table, Feb. 4, 2025House of Representatives
  6. Mar 18Second consideration, with amendments, March 18, 2025House of Representatives
  7. Mar 18Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, March 18, 2025House of Representatives
  8. Mar 18(Remarks see House Journal Page 212-213), March 18, 2025House of Representatives
  9. Mar 19Re-reported as committed, March 19, 2025House of Representatives
  10. Mar 19Third consideration and final passage, March 19, 2025 (198-4)House of Representatives
  11. Mar 19(Remarks see House Journal Page 247-248), March 19, 2025House of Representatives
  12. Mar 21In the SenateSenate
  13. Mar 21Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, March 21, 2025Senate
  14. Jul 16Reported as committed, July 16, 2025Senate
  15. Jul 16First consideration, July 16, 2025Senate
  16. Jul 17Second consideration, July 17, 2025Senate
  17. Oct 20Laid on the table, Oct. 20, 2025Senate
  18. Oct 20Removed from table, Oct. 20, 2025Senate
  19. Oct 22Re-committed to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Oct. 22, 2025Senate
  20. Oct 29Re-reported as amended, Oct. 29, 2025Senate
  21. Dec 8Re-referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, Dec. 8, 2025Senate
  22. Dec 8Re-reported as amended, Dec. 8, 2025Senate
  23. Dec 9Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Dec. 9, 2025Senate
  24. Dec 9Re-reported as committed, Dec. 9, 2025Senate
  25. Dec 9Amended on third consideration, Dec. 9, 2025 (42-5)Senate
  26. Dec 9Third consideration and final passage, Dec. 9, 2025 (42-5)Senate
  27. Dec 9(Remarks see Senate Journal Page 1101-1102), Dec. 9, 2025Senate
  28. Dec 15In the HouseHouse of Representatives
  29. Dec 15Referred to RULES, Dec. 15, 2025House of Representatives
  30. Dec 17Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Dec. 17, 2025House of Representatives
  31. Dec 17House concurred in Senate amendments, Dec. 17, 2025 (157-46)House of Representatives
  32. Dec 17(Remarks see House Journal Page 1666-1667), Dec. 17, 2025House of Representatives
  33. Dec 17Signed in House, Dec. 17, 2025House of Representatives
  34. Dec 17Signed in Senate, Dec. 17, 2025Senate
  35. Dec 18Presented to the Governor, Dec. 18, 2025Governor
  36. Dec 22Approved by the Governor, Dec. 22, 2025Governor
  37. Dec 22Act No. 55 of 2025, Dec. 22, 2025Governor