SB1167 Summary

• Reduces maximum unemployment benefit duration from 26 weeks to 12 weeks when prior calendar quarter unemployment rate is 5 percent or less.

• Increases maximum benefit duration from 24 weeks to 13 weeks when prior calendar quarter unemployment rate is more than 5 percent but not more than 5.5 percent.

• Creates tiered benefit duration schedule ranging from 14 to 20 weeks based on unemployment rate thresholds, with higher unemployment rates allowing longer benefit periods (up to 20 weeks when unemployment exceeds 8.5 percent).

• Maintains existing cap that prevents individuals from receiving more than one-third of base period earnings in a benefit year.

• Defines "unemployment rate in the prior calendar quarter" as the average of seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for the three most recently published calendar year quarter months.