1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to unemployment insurance; modifying the effect of Social Security 
1.3 	benefits on unemployment benefits during COVID-19 pandemic.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. EFFECT OF RECEIPT OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS DURING 
1.6 	COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.085, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), the 
1.8 	requirement that 50 percent of the weekly equivalent of the primary Social Security old age 
1.9 	benefit be deducted from an applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount is suspended 
1.10 	for applicants for unemployment insurance benefit accounts established between March 1, 
1.11 	2020, and December 31, 2020.

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