House Bill 672
Consider COVID-19 effects-eligibility for unemployment benefits
To amend section 4141.29 and to enact section 4141.294 of the Revised Code to enact the "Worker Protection Act" to require the Director of Job and Family Services to consider certain factors related to COVID-19 when determining, for purposes of unemployment benefit eligibility, whether an individual had just cause to quit work or refuse employment and to declare an emergency.
Current Version
Introduced In House
In House Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By House
Introduced In Senate
In Senate Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By Senate
Sent To The Governor
Subjects
Committees
House Insurance Committee
Primary Sponsors
David Leland
Lisa A. Sobecki
Cosponsors
Representatives
Gil Blair
Kristin Boggs
Janine R. Boyd
Juanita O. Brent
Richard D. Brown
Randi Clites
Erica C. Crawley
Jeffrey A. Crossman
Sedrick Denson
Tavia Galonski
Paula Hicks-Hudson
Stephanie D. Howse
Catherine D. Ingram
Brigid Kelly
Bernadine Kennedy Kent
Michele Lepore-Hagan
Mary Lightbody
Beth Liston
Adam C. Miller
Joseph A. Miller, III
Jessica E. Miranda
Michael J. O'Brien
John Patterson
Phillip M. Robinson, Jr.
John M. Rogers
C. Allison Russo
Michael Sheehy
Michael J. Skindell
Kent Smith
Fred Strahorn
Bride Rose Sweeney
Emilia Strong Sykes
Terrence Upchurch
Casey Weinstein
Thomas West
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