SF0175

Reduces the maximum length of unemployment insurance benefits in Wyoming, renames the unemployment insurance commission, and provides an appropriation for system updates.

• Reduces the maximum unemployment benefits payable to an eligible individual in a benefit year from 26 times to 20 times their weekly benefit amount, or 30% of base period wages, whichever is less. (W.S. 27-3-304, Sec. 1)
• Reduces the maximum extended benefit amount from 13 times to 6.5 times an eligible individual's weekly benefit amount for weeks of total unemployment in the applicable benefit year. (W.S. 27-3-316(c)(ii), Sec. 1)
• Renames the unemployment insurance commission to the unemployment reemployment insurance commission of Wyoming within the department of workforce services. (W.S. 27-3-102(a)(v), W.S. 27-3-601(a), Sec. 1)
• Updates references to the unemployment reemployment insurance commission in wage estimation provisions to align with the renamed commission. (W.S. 27-14-802(b), Sec. 1)
• Appropriates $18,000 from the general fund to the Wyoming department of workforce services for updating and administering the unemployment insurance system, effective immediately and expiring June 30, 2026. (Sec. 2)
• Makes the benefit reduction provisions applicable to all unemployment insurance claims filed on or after January 1, 2026. (Sec. 3)

Effective: January 1, 2026

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