Virginia Employment Commission [182]
Secretarial Area: Labor
formerly under: Commerce and Trade
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $0 $597,736,360 $597,736,360
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $0 $609,255,694 $609,255,694
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $0 $611,635,577 $611,635,577
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly $0 $611,635,577 $611,635,577
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $0 $560,608,306 $560,608,306
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly $0 $555,408,306 $555,408,306
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $0 $558,430,056 $558,430,056
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation $0 $558,430,056 $558,430,056
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments $0 $0 $0
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $34,984,242 $555,225,400 $590,209,642
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation $0 $555,225,400 $555,225,400
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments $22,462,984 $0 $22,462,984
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments $12,521,258 $0 $12,521,258
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 0.00 865.00 865.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 0.00 865.00 865.00
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 0.00 865.00 865.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 1, 2018 Acts of Assembly 0.00 865.00 865.00
2018-2020 2019 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 0.00 865.00 865.00
2018-2020 2020 Chapter 1283, 2020 Acts of Assembly 0.00 865.00 865.00
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 0.00 865.00 865.00
2020-2022 2021 Previous Legislative Appropriation 0.00 865.00 865.00
2020-2022 2021 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2021 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 552, 2021 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 5.00 865.00 870.00
2020-2022 2022 Previous Legislative Appropriation 0.00 865.00 865.00
2020-2022 2022 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2020-2022 2022 General Assembly Adjustments 5.00 0.00 5.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Provide funding for unemployment insurance customer service support Decision Package
  Provides one-time support to cover costs associated with the increase in staffing necessary to process the high volume of unemployment insurance claims as a result of the pandemic.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $9,960,283
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Provide funding for interest payments on federal cash advances Decision Package
  Provides support for estimated interest on federal cash advances for unemployment insurance benefits as a direct result of the pandemic. Interest payments will continue into the next biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $7,502,701
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Provide funding to integrate Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act programs Decision Package
  Provides one-time support to incorporate CARES Act programs into the new unemployment insurance system so that the agency can go live with the modernized system and remove the legacy system from the state's mainframe.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $5,000,000
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Staffing for VEC (2020 Special Session General Assembly Action - 131 #1c) Decision Package
  This amendment directs the VEC to establish and maintain a position that will be responsible for investigating and responding to legislative inquiries.
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Provide funding for overpayment forgiveness by the Commission General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $18.9 million in the second year from the general fund to support costs for the Virginia Employment Commission to forgive the overpayment of benefits under certain conditions. House Bill 2040 requires any forgiveness of overpayments to be reimbursed from the general fund to the state's UI trust fund. This amendment provides $18.7 million for the reimbursement provisions of the bill. It also includes $250,000 from the general fund for administrative cost incurred by the Virginia Employment Commission.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $18,973,959
Positions 0.00 5.00
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Adjust funding for estimated interest payments for federal UI program advances General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment removes $6.8 million GF for an interest payment on federal cash advances for the state's unemployment insurance program. Provisions contained in the recent coronavirus stimulus package reduced Virginia's anticipated interest payment for September 2021 to $750,000.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($6,752,701)
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Provide funding to support actuarial study on Paid Family and Medical Leave General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $300,000 from the general fund in the second year for the Virginia Employment Commission to complete an actuarial study to better understand the costs associated with the implementation of a Paid Family and Medical Leave program in Virginia. This is a recommendation of a recent study by the Chief Workforce Development Advisor on Paid Family and Medical Leave.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $300,000


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 11-10-2026 23:49:06