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Relating to work search requirements for unemployment benefits for certain individuals with disabilities
Sponsored by the Senate Workforce Committee
Topics:Families & human servicesJobs & workers
Same legislation: SSB 3005
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2026
- Done: Senate committeeJanuary 21, 2026
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People with certain disabilities can meet their weekly job search requirements by participating in special support programs. This includes people with autism, intellectual disabilities, or brain injuries joining vocational rehabilitation services. It also allows blind individuals to participate in programs designed to help them find or keep a job.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides that weekly work search activities for purposes of eligibility for unemployment benefits include certain specified activities for certain individuals with disabilities. An individual with an intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, or traumatic brain injury may participate in a program offered or approved by the division of vocational rehabilitation services established in the department of workforce development that is designed to provide rehabilitative support to such individuals. An individual who is blind may participate in a program offered by the department for the blind that is designed to assist such individuals in gaining or maintaining employment.
Why it matters. People with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury, or blindness can meet their weekly work search requirements for unemployment benefits by participating in specific rehabilitative or employment assistance programs. These programs are offered or approved by the division of vocational rehabilitation services or the department for the blind.2
Senate subcommittee
Named January 12, 2026 (as SSB 3005). On January 14, 2026 it recommended amendment and passage.
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