HB 1157 — An Act amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as the Unemployment Compensation Law, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions.

PRINTER'S NO.    1284

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1157
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY SAPPEY, PASHINSKI, OTTEN, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ,
        MADDEN, CERRATO AND ECKER, APRIL 7, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
        APRIL 7, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937
 2      P.L.2897, No.1), entitled "An act establishing a system of
 3      unemployment compensation to be administered by the
 4      Department of Labor and Industry and its existing and newly
 5      created agencies with personnel (with certain exceptions)
 6      selected on a civil service basis; requiring employers to
 7      keep records and make reports, and certain employers to pay
 8      contributions based on payrolls to provide moneys for the
 9      payment of compensation to certain unemployed persons;
10      providing procedure and administrative details for the
11      determination, payment and collection of such contributions
12      and the payment of such compensation; providing for
13      cooperation with the Federal Government and its agencies;
14      creating certain special funds in the custody of the State
15      Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," in preliminary
16      provisions, further providing for definitions.
17      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18   hereby enacts as follows:
19      Section 1.    Section 4(l)(3)(G)(a) and (a.1) of the act of
20   December 5, 1936 (2nd Sp.Sess., 1937 P.L.2897, No.1), known as
21   the Unemployment Compensation Law, are amended to read:
22      Section 4.    Definitions.--The following words and phrases, as
23   used in this act, shall have the following meanings, unless the
24   context clearly requires otherwise.
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 3        (3)   "Employment" shall also include--
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 5        (G)   Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act,
 6   service performed [after December 31, 1977,] by an individual in
 7   agricultural labor as defined in section 4(l)(4)(1) when:
 8        (a)   Such service is performed for a person who--
 9        (1)   during any calendar quarter in either the current or the
10   preceding calendar year paid remuneration in cash of twenty
11   thousand dollars or more to individuals employed in agricultural
12   labor [(not taking into account service in agricultural labor
13   performed before January 1, 1982, by an alien referred to in
14   section 4(l)(3)(G)(a.1) or 4(l)(2)(G)(a.1))] (including labor
15   performed by an alien referred to in section 4(l)(3)(G)(a.1));
16   or
17        (2)   for some portion of a day in each of twenty different
18   calendar weeks, whether or not such weeks were consecutive, in
19   either the current or the preceding calendar year, employed in
20   agricultural labor [(not taking into account service in
21   agricultural labor performed before January 1, 1982, by an alien
22   referred to in section 4(l)(3)(G)(a.1))] (including labor
23   performed by an alien referred to in section 4(l)(3)(G)(a.1))
24   ten or more individuals, regardless of whether they were
25   employed at the same moment of time.
26        (a.1)   Such service is not performed in agricultural labor if
27   performed [before January 1, 1982,] by an individual who is an
28   alien admitted to the United States to perform service in
29   agricultural labor pursuant to sections 214(c) and 101(a)(15)(H)
30   of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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2      Section 2.   This act shall apply to service performed after
3   December 31, 2025.
4      Section 3.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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