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SB00357Introduced in the Senate

An Act Concerning Unemployment Dependency Allowance.

Introduced

Introduced by Labor and Public Employees Committee

What does this bill do?

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Official description

To increase the amount an individual, who is eligible to receive benefits for unemployment, receives in dependency allowance.

Where it stands

Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

April 20, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

Chamber not recordedStage: APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) · April 17, 2026

40

Yes

13

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

53 senators recorded in this Chamber not recorded vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Minnie Gonzalez3Yes
Maryam Khan5Yes
James Sanchez6Yes
Timothy Ackert8No
Bobby Gibson15Yes
Eleni Kavros DeGraw17Yes
Jillian Gilchrest18Yes
Tammy Exum19Yes
Rebecca Martinez22Yes
Emmanuel Sanchez24Yes

Bill history

  1. Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees

  2. Public Hearing 03/10

  3. Joint Favorable

  4. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  5. Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 12:00 PM

  6. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  7. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  8. Senate Calendar Number 276

  9. File Number 464

  10. Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 4165

  11. Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations

  12. Immediate Transmittal

  13. Joint Favorable

  14. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  15. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  16. No New File by Committee on Appropriations

  17. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

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