Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB376: Reduce the maximum weeks an individual may receive unemployment
Status: In committee, September 15, 2025
To amend sections 4141.30, 4141.33, and 4141.53 of the Revised Code to reduce the maximum weeks an individual may receive unemployment benefits from 26 to 20 weeks.
What the bill says
To amend sections 4141.30, 4141.33, and 4141.53 of the Revised Code to reduce the maximum weeks an individual may receive unemployment benefits from 26 to 20 weeks.
From the introduced text, June 23, 2025:
To amend sections 4141.30, 4141.33, and 4141.53 of the Revised Code to reduce the maximum weeks an individual may receive unemployment benefits from 26 to 20 weeks. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That sections 4141.30, 4141.33, and 4141.53 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: Sec. 4141.30. (A) All benefits shall be paid through public employment offices in accordance with such rules as the director of job and family services prescribes. (B) With the exceptions in division (B)(4) of this section, benefits are payable to each eligible and qualified individual on account of each week of involuntary total unemployment after the specified waiting period at the weekly benefit amount determined by: (1) Computing the individual's average weekly wage as defined in division (O)(2) of section 4141.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Determining the individual's dependency class under division (E) of this section; (3) Computing the individual's weekly benefit amount to be fifty per cent of the individual's average weekly wage except, that the individual's weekly benefit amount shall not exceed the maximum amount shown for the individual's dependency class in the following table: 1 2 A Dependency Class Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount B A $147 C B 223 D C 233 Effective Sunday of the calendar week in …
Sponsors
- Michelle Teska (R, 55) · primary sponsor
- Tim Barhorst (R, 85)
- Jack Daniels (R, 32)
- Levi Dean (R, 71)
- Ron Ferguson (R, 96)
- Arthur, Sarah Fowler (R, 99)
- Jennifer Gross (R, 45)
- Mark Hiner (R, 98)
- Angela King (R, 84)
- Beth Lear (R, 61)
- Diane Mullins (R, 47)
- Bernard Willis (R, 74)
Latest actions
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
Subjects: Employment, Unemployment
Common questions
- What is HB376?
- HB376 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Reduce the maximum weeks an individual may receive unemployment.
- What does HB376 do?
- In its own words: To amend sections 4141.30, 4141.33, and 4141.53 of the Revised Code to reduce the maximum weeks an individual may receive unemployment benefits from 26 to 20 weeks.
- What is the status of HB376?
- In committee as of September 15, 2025. Latest action: Referred to committee (September 15, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB376?
- Michelle Teska (R, 55), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB376?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb376
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