1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to unemployment insurance; modifying the effect of certain payments on 
1.3 	unemployment benefits during peacetime emergency declaration.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SEPARATION, SEVERANCE, AND BONUS PAYMENTS DURING 
1.6 	PEACETIME EMERGENCY DECLARATION.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.085, subdivision 3b, paragraph (a), 
1.8 	unemployment benefit eligibility for an applicant shall not be delayed for an unemployment 
1.9 	insurance benefit account established between March 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020, 
1.10 	with respect to a benefit week because the applicant is receiving, has received, or will receive 
1.11 	separation pay, severance pay, or bonus pay paid by an employer because of, upon, or after 
1.12 	separation from employment.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
1.14 	is retroactive to March 1, 2020.