---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment insurance; weekly benefit amount, increasing threshold for deduction of wages payable."
description: "Unemployment insurance; weekly benefit amount; increasing threshold for deduction of wages payable. Provides that each individual eligible for unemployment benefits shall be paid a weekly benefit amount less any part of the wages payable to such individual for such week that is in excess of $100. Currently, each eligible individual shall be paid a weekly benefit amount less any part of the wages payable to such individual for such week that is in excess of $50. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1057"
citation: "Virginia SB 1057 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75700cbf-dca0-43fb-bff5-3fe584e4a28e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1057"
source_hash: "57ce5647f47a935ed32ad3368007170f9c71deb11e30b4788df2a52bf529e11a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1057 (2025) — Unemployment insurance; weekly benefit amount, increasing threshold for deduction of wages payable.

Unemployment insurance; weekly benefit amount; increasing threshold for deduction of wages payable. Provides that each individual eligible for unemployment benefits shall be paid a weekly benefit amount less any part of the wages payable to such individual for such week that is in excess of $100. Currently, each eligible individual shall be paid a weekly benefit amount less any part of the wages payable to such individual for such week that is in excess of $50. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Unemployment Compensation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017688.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077386.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060031.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (49-Y 47-N) — **49–47** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (50-Y 47-N) — **50–47** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100541D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1057)
- **2025-01-20** Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-29** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Engrossed by Senate
- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N)
- **2025-01-30** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed House (49-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-18** Passed House (50-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1057ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1057)
- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 515 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0515)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75700cbf-dca0-43fb-bff5-3fe584e4a28e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).