SB 759 — Unemployment benefits; increase weekly benefit amount.
VA 20261 session
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.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (5)
- Adam P. Ebbin (D, VA) — sponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kannan Srinivasan (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Angelia Williams Graves (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (41)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam P. Ebbin (D, state_upper VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Angelia Williams Graves (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Kannan Srinivasan (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Marty Martinez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no