HB337

Unemployment compensation; increase maximum weekly benefit amount.

Failed·2/3/26
In Text

Increases the maximum weekly unemployment benefit amount in Mississippi to $275.

Mississippi HB337 would increase the maximum weekly unemployment benefit amount to $275 for any benefit year starting on or after July 1, 2026. The minimum weekly benefit amount would remain at $30. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security, with assistance from the U.S. Department of Labor, would generate actuarially sound models for computing weekly benefit amounts, including scenarios for increasing the weekly benefit amounts and their impact on the Unemployment Compensation Fund.

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History

Feb 3

House

Died In Committee

Jan 8

House

Referred To Workforce Development;Appropriations A