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AZ HB2847
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/26/2026
Primary Sponsor
Mariana Sandoval
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AI Summary
- Increases the maximum weekly unemployment benefit amount from $320 to $500
- Maintains the calculation method for weekly benefits at 1/25 of the highest quarter wages in the base period
- Preserves the $160 earnings disregard, allowing unemployed individuals to earn up to $160 per week without reducing their benefit amount
- Continues rounding rules where benefit amounts not in whole dollars are rounded to the nearest dollar
Legislative Description
DES; unemployment benefits; increase
Last Action
House read second time
1/27/2026
Committee Referrals
Rules1/26/2026
Appropriations1/26/2026
Commerce1/26/2026
Full Bill Text
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