Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report.
It became law on Apr 2, 2025.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- Senate
- Latest action
- Apr 2, 2025
What it does
Unemployment compensation; increase weekly benefit amounts; report. Provides that, for unemployment compensation claims effective on or after January 1, 2026, an eligible individual's weekly benefit amount shall be $52 higher than the current weekly benefit amount, as denoted in the table in the printed bill. The bill directs the Commission on Unemployment Compensation, in consultation with the Virginia Employment Commission, to convene a work group to study making annual adjustments to individual weekly benefit amounts based on the average weekly wage. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation. This bill is identical to HB 1766.
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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It is law in Virginia. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.