republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-759.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 HB 1320.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 759	Virginia SB 759 (2026)	bill		enacted	Adam P. Ebbin	3	31	7	2026-01-19	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/61e33ee3-adad-4994-839d-013c3a2613b2	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB759	961fbef0c80eacdf20a0705080e7ada88c3b627b75c5b6097932e0fd3d9dd6f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 759 (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 HB 1320.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 12–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 64–35 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce — 15–6 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
• Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 26103436D introduction
• 2026-01-19 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-02-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB759)
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-12 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107583D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-13 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB759)
• 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-20 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-20 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-25 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-27 Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB759ER) 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
• 2026-04-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB759)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 775 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61e33ee3-adad-4994-839d-013c3a2613b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).