HCS HB 1544 -- UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION (Fisher, 125) COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN: Special Committee on Workforce Development and Workplace Safety This substitute extends the state's eligibility to receive federal extended unemployment benefit money to provide unemployed individuals compensation beyond the current unemployment benefit period that ended December 5, 2009. The state is eligible to receive this money until the week ending four weeks prior to the last week of unemployment for which 100% federal sharing is available under the provisions of Public Law 111-5, Section 2005(a) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, commonly known as the federal economic stimulus act. The substitute contains an emergency clause. FISCAL NOTE: No impact on state funds in FY 2011, FY 2012, and FY 2013.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives