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Committee advances RS to toughen unemployment-fraud penalties and add identity-theft restitution
Summary
A measure presented by Representative Laurie McCann would standardize definitions of "knowingly" and "willfully," increase disqualification periods for repeat unemployment-fraud determinations, and create a restitution option for identity-theft victims; the Department of Labor estimates modest first-year savings.
Representative Laurie McCann presented RS 31,824 on behalf of the Idaho Department of Labor to tighten penalties for fraudulent unemployment insurance claims, clarify key legal definitions and add a new identity-theft restitution provision.
McCann said the bill would apply existing statutory language for “knowingly” across the unemployment chapter, move the definition of “willfully” from administrative rule into statute, raise the disqualification period for repeat fraud determinations and add criminal classifications aligned with theft statutes. The bill also adds a definition of identity theft and authorizes restitution of $1,000 to a victim when a stolen identity…
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