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Committee introduces RS to tighten unemployment-fraud definitions and penalties
Summary
Lawmakers introduced RS 31824 to define "knowingly" and "willfully," increase penalties for repeat unemployment fraud, add identity-theft provisions, and create a restitution mechanism for victims; the Department of Labor estimates modest first-year savings to the unemployment trust fund.
Representative Laurie McCann introduced RS 31824 on behalf of the Idaho Department of Labor, a proposal lawmakers said clarifies fraud-related definitions, increases penalties for repeat offenders and adds an identity-theft restitution provision.
"This bill will define knowingly and willfully and will incorporate any of these definitions correctly throughout the entire statute," McCann said. Department staff and the director answered committee questions during the RS briefing. Director Janie Rivera told the committee that the proposed definitions are already used in statute and rule and that the bill would move those definitions into a consistent place in the chapter. "Knowingly is already in statute ... Willfully is currently defined in rule,…
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