republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1320.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Unemployment benefits; increase weekly benefit amount.	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 SB 759.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1320	Virginia HB 1320 (2026)	bill		enacted	Marty Martinez	4	34	9	2026-01-16	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/19c5c4d5-38ae-4c40-964c-925f515ad863	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1320	4071612c2c3dad55d4b42d937a9123a5ec4b6edd3a01d8b64b59804a9c491fda	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1320 (2026) — Unemployment benefits; increase weekly benefit amount.

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 SB 759.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 61–35 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 8–5 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 15–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Marty Martinez — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-16 Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 26102277D introduction
• 2026-01-16 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N)
• 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1320)
• 2026-02-10 Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) substitution
• 2026-02-11 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107582D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1320)
• 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1320ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1320)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 774 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19c5c4d5-38ae-4c40-964c-925f515ad863. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).