Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that authorizes felony fraud claims related to unemployment to be prosecuted up to 8 years after a crime was committed in Wisconsin.

Highlights:

• Authorizes prosecutions within 8 years following a violation of felony fraud relating to the following benefits (Sec. 6):

• Unemployment insurance;

• Pandemic unemployment assistance;

• Federal pandemic unemployment compensation and mixed earner unemployment compensation programs; or

• The pandemic emergency unemployment compensation program.

• Specifies that this Act takes effect on the Sunday after its publication (Sec. 8).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes felony fraud claims related to unemployment to be prosecuted up to 8 years after a crime was committed in Wisconsin.

Highlights:

• Authorizes prosecutions within 8 years following a violation of felony fraud relating to the following benefits (Sec. 6):

• Unemployment insurance;

• Pandemic unemployment assistance;

• Federal pandemic unemployment compensation and mixed earner unemployment compensation programs; or

• The pandemic emergency unemployment compensation program.

• Specifies that this Act takes effect on the Sunday after its publication (Sec. 8).

Full Bill Text