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A01394 Summary:

BILL NOA01394 

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SPONSORForrest

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Add §641, Lab L

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Creates a joint committee to provide oversight on unemployment insurance; authorizes the department of labor to conduct a study on how to improve unemployment insurance in the state.

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BILL NOA01394 

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01/09/2025referred to labor

01/07/2026referred to labor

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1394

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to establishing a joint
 committee for unemployment insurance oversight; and directing the
 department to conduct a study on the unemployment insurance program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 641 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 641. Joint committee for unemployment insurance oversight. 1. There
 4 is hereby established a joint committee on unemployment insurance over-
 5 sight. Such committee shall consist of fourteen members; three of whom
 6 shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate; three of
 7 whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; the commissioner
 8 of labor or their designee; the secretary of state or their designee; a
 9 representative of the small business administration; a representative of
 10 the New York state chamber of commerce; two representatives of union
 11 labor, one of whom shall be appointed by the chair of the assembly
 12 standing committee on labor and one of whom shall be appointed by the
 13 chair of the senate labor committee; one unemployment insurance advocate
 14 who is a claimant's representative and who represents claimants pro bono
 15 to be jointly appointed by the temporary president of the senate and
 16 speaker of the assembly; and one representative of the academic profes-
 17 sion who is knowledgeable in unemployment insurance to be jointly
 18 appointed by the chairs of the senate and assembly committees on labor.
 19 The temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly shall
 20 appoint a senator and assembly member, respectively, each to serve as
 21 co-chair. Members of the committee shall serve at the pleasure of the
 22 appointing authority. Members of the committee shall receive no compen-
 23 sation for their services but shall be allowed their actual and neces-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03915-01-5

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 1 sary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to
 2 this section.
 3 2. The committee established pursuant to this section shall examine
 4 the following:
 5 (a) the condition of the unemployment insurance system in the state,
 6 including but not limited to, the department's policies regarding unem-
 7 ployment insurance and implementation of federal guidelines, the
 8 distribution of funding across the department, staffing levels, access
 9 and equity, modernization efforts, and any other information necessary
 10 to provide a sufficient understanding of the department's functioning,
 11 how effectively it is providing services to New Yorkers, and recommenda-
 12 tions to improve such effectivity;
 13 (b) any potential need for additional alterations to the unemployment
 14 insurance system, including the charging, taxing, eligibility, and bene-
 15 fit provisions and alterations to information technology modernization
 16 plans and staffing;
 17 (c) the equality and accessibility of the unemployment insurance
 18 system in how such benefits are paid out; and
 19 (d) the fiscal health of the unemployment insurance trust fund.
 20 3. The committee shall have the power to subpoena and to take testimo-
 21 ny by deposition and the power to compel the attendance of witnesses and
 22 the production of records, in the same manner as prescribed