An Act to Require a Person Receiving Unemployment Benefits to Attend Scheduled Interviews to Fulfill the Work Search Requirement
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0245
Committee Amendment CA_A_S37 (Senate)
Amends: 26 MRSA §1192

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "ft " to S.P. 111, L.D. 245, "An Act to Require a 
Person Receiving Unemployment Benefits to Attend Scheduled Interviews to Fulfill the 
Work Search Requirement" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1192, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2021, c. 456, § 18, is further 
amended to read: 
2. Has registered for work; appears for scheduled interview. The individual has 
registered for work at, and continued to report at, an employment office in accordance with 
rules the commissioner adopts, except that the commissioner may, by rule, waive or alter 
either or both of the requirements of this subsection as to individuals attached to regular 
jobs and as to such other types of cases or situations with respect to which the commissioner 
finds that compliance with the requirements would be oppressive, or would be inconsistent 
with the purposes of this chapter. A rule under this subsection may not conflict with section 
1191, subsection 1. 
The individual must actively seek work each week in which a claim for benefits is filed 
unless the individual is participating in approved training under subsection 6 or work search 
has been waived in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner and provide 
evidence of work search efforts in a manner and form as prescribed by the Department of 
Labor. The individual must appear at an interview scheduled with reasonable notice in 
writing by mail or electronically by a prospective employer. Failure to provide required 
work search documentation or to appear at an interview scheduled with reasonable notice 
in writing by mail or electronically by a prospective employer results in a denial of benefits 
in accordance with section 1194, subsection 2 for the week or weeks for which no 
documentation was provided or for which the individual failed to appear at a scheduled 
interview unless the department detem1ines there is good cause for the individual's failure 
to comply with this requirement or the totality of the work search activities performed 
otherwise satisfies the work search requirement;' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
ROS 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A ,, to S.P. 111, L.D. 245 ( s~ 37) 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report. It replaces the bill. This amendment specifies 
that if an individual fails to appear at an interview scheduled with reasonable notice in 
writing by mail or electronically by a prospective employer, that individual may be denied 
benefits for the week in which that individual failed to appear for that interview unless the 
department determines there is good cause for the individual's failure to comply or that the 
totality of the work search activities performed othe1wise satisfies the work search 
requirements. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/27 /23 ;:k?ae 
LD245 
LR 352(02) 
An Act to Require a Person Receiving Unemployment Benefits to Attend Scheduled Interviews to 
Fulfill the Work Search Requirement 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "Fl-' Cs-- '37) 
Committee: Labor and Housing 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor savings - Unemployment Compensation Fund 
Any savings to the Unemployment Compensation Fund within the Department of Labor as a result of this legislation 
is expected to be minor. 
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