2013 Senate Bill 140

Authorize unemployment benefits while earning self-employment money

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 5, 2013

Introduced by Sen. Virgil Smith (D-4)

To exempt individuals eligible for government unemployment insurance benefits from the duty to seek and accept employment if the person participates in government-approved “self-employment assistance activities,” including “entrepreneurial training, business counseling, and technical assistance . . . for the purpose of establishing a business and becoming self-employed.” The bill would also allow a person to earn self-employment income and still collect unemployment benefits.

Referred to the Committee on Reforms, Restructuring, and Reinventing