republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-1056.md

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Bill	Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report.	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.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 1056	Virginia SB 1056 (2025)	bill		enacted	Adam P. Ebbin	10	52	13	2025-01-07	2025-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/2d19c963-179e-470d-a428-e22b43892c6c	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1056	e9debcf92500002f9ef1b98f93bf8930a0e7f8f931ae62961d4f06a355290c07	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1056 (2025) — Unemployment compensation; increases weekly benefit amounts, report.

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.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Governor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
7. House Amendments (committee substitute) — source
8. Labor and Commerce Amendment (committee substitute) — source
9. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 46-N) — 51–46 (pass) · lower
• House concurred in Governor's recommendation (58-Y 37-N) — 58–37 (pass) · lower
• Passed House with amendments (49-Y 47-N) — 49–47 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N) — 37–3 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• House Amendments rejected by Senate (1-Y 35-N) — 1–35 (fail) · 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 01-07-2025 25100535D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2025-01-20 Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1056)
• 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 and engrossed reading-2
• 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
• 2025-02-06 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-12 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-12 Labor and Commerce Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2025-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2025-02-12 Passed House with amendments (49-Y 47-N) passage
• 2025-02-14 House Amendments rejected by Senate (1-Y 35-N) amendment-failure
• 2025-02-17 House insisted on amendments
• 2025-02-17 House requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-18 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-18 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2025-02-18 Senators: Ebbin, McPike, Reeves
• 2025-02-19 Conferees appointed by House
• 2025-02-19 Delegates: Lopez, Martinez, Morefield
• 2025-02-22 Amended by conference committee
• 2025-02-22 Conference substitute printed 25107984D-S1
• 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 46-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1056ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1056)
• 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (SB1056S2)
• 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (58-Y 37-N)
• 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (SB1056ER2) enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 614 (Effective 07/01/2025) became-law
• 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d19c963-179e-470d-a428-e22b43892c6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).