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Labor committee advances bill exempting poll‑worker pay from unemployment calculations
Summary
The committee voted to release A‑15‑16, which exempts poll workers' wages from unemployment compensation calculations; sponsors and members said the change will help address poll‑worker shortages.
The Assembly Labor Committee voted to release Assembly bill A‑15‑16, a measure that would exempt poll workers' wages from affecting unemployment compensation calculations. Committee members said the provision is intended to make it easier to recruit poll workers ahead of elections.
The clerk read the bill into the record and no witnesses filed testimony. Several members spoke in favor of the measure during the brief discussion. One member said, "It becomes more and more difficult to find poll workers," and recorded a yes vote during the roll call.
The motion to release A‑15‑16 passed in committee and the bill will move forward as referred. There was no recorded opposition during the committee's roll call on this item in the hearing record.
What's next: Having been released by the Labor Committee, the bill will follow the Legislature's usual referral process for subsequent consideration.
