Unemployment benefits; increase weekly benefit amount.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 60.2-602 of the Code of Virginia, relating to unemployment benefits; increase weekly benefit amounts.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Unemployment benefits; increase weekly benefit amount. Provides that, for unemployment compensation claims effective on or after July 1, 2026, an eligible individual's weekly benefit amount shall be $48 higher than the current weekly benefit amount, as denoted in the table in the printed bill. This bill is identical to HB 1320.
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Jan 19, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 775 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
5
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Adam P. EbbinElizabeth B. Bennett-ParkerMarty MartinezKannan SrinivasanAngelia Williams Graves
Recorded votes
Passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 64, N 35
Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-27 · P · Y 15, N 7
Reported from Labor and Commerce and rereferred to Appropriations (15-Y 6-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-24 · P · Y 15, N 6, X 1
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-16 · P · Y 39, X 1
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-12 · P · Y 40
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 15
Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 1-N)Senate · 2026-02-02 · P · Y 12, X 2, N 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 775.