Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB2045

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2045

Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Chris Balkema

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 405/401.1 new

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that the Department of Employment Security shall make payments to beneficiaries under the Act based on the State's average unemployment rate. Effective January 1, 2026.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning employment.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by adding Section 401.1 as follows:

(820 ILCS 405/401.1 new)

Sec. 401.1. Formula for the duration of benefits.

(a) The Department of Employment Security shall make payments to beneficiaries under this Act as follows:

(1) payments for 12 weeks if this State's average unemployment rate is below 5%; and

(2) an additional week in addition to the 12 weeks for each 0.5% increment in this State's average unemployment rate above 5%, not to exceed 23 weeks if this State's average equals or exceeds 10.5%.

(b) The Department shall calculate the State's average unemployment rate and publish the rate on the Department's publicly available website.

(c) This Section shall only apply to beneficiaries who begin receiving benefits on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.

(d) The Department shall adopt rules to implement this Section.

(e) If there is a conflict between a provision of this Section and another Section of this Act, this Section controls.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.