Hearings for Business and Labor Committee

The order of the bills listed may not be the order in which they are heard that day in committee.

Business and Labor
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Friday September 12, 2025
Location: Room 1524
Time: 1:00 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LR281
Description: Interim study to review occupational regulations for elevator mechanics and elevator contractors
Note: Invited testimony only.
Business and Labor
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Friday September 05, 2025
Location: Room 1524
Time: 9:00 AM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LR211
Introducer: Prokop
Description: Interim study to examine the InternNE program
Note: Invited testimony only.
Business and Labor
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Friday September 05, 2025
Location: Room 1524
Time: 1:00 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LR229
Introducer: Clouse
Description: Interim study to examine the Firefighter Cancer Benefits Act and potential changes to the act that would not include an unfunded mandate and would better serve the needs of Nebraska's paid and volunteer firefighters
Note: Invited testimony only.
Business and Labor
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Tuesday April 29, 2025
Location: Room 1525
Time: 12:00 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: AM491
Introducer: Kauth
Description: Amending LB534
Business and Labor
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Tuesday March 25, 2025
Location: Room 2102
Time: 12:00 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Thurber, Katie - Department of Labor
Business and Labor
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Monday March 17, 2025
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB189
Introducer: Cavanaugh, M.
Description: Adopt the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB370
Introducer: Hunt
Description: Change provisions of the Nebraska Student-Athlete Name, Image, or Likeness Rights Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB336
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Create the Task Force on Supported Employment
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB534
Introducer: Kauth
Description: Provide for payment of claims against the state
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB618
Introducer: Kauth
Description: Deny claims against the state
Business and Labor
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Monday March 10, 2025
Location: Room 1510
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB361
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Change provisions of the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act to provide for jury trials and prohibit discrimination for exercise of rights under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB522
Introducer: Guereca
Description: Change provisions relating to the date when compensation begins and provide for cost-of-living adjustments under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB400
Introducer: Wordekemper
Description: Provide for compensation under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act for cancers experienced by firefighters
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB455
Introducer: Hallstrom
Description: Provide for confidentiality of and access to certain injury reports under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB456
Introducer: Hallstrom
Description: Provide for a patient’s waiver for the release of employee hospital and medical records under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB313
Introducer: Ibach
Description: Change provisions under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act relating to subrogation of third-party claims and the distribution of proceeds in the settlement of third-party claims
Currently or Pending before the Committee
7
Document: LB617
Introducer: Kauth
Description: Change provisions of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act
Business and Labor
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Monday March 03, 2025
Location: Room 1023
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB532
Introducer: Kauth
Description: Require employers to use E-Verify, prohibit knowingly hiring an unauthorized alien, and provide for discipline against employers' licenses
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB423
Introducer: Armendariz
Description: Eliminate a grant program relating to internships for job training
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB537
Introducer: Sorrentino
Description: Provide requirements for workforce development grants under the Workforce Development Program Cash Fund
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB544
Introducer: Dover
Description: Disqualify certain individuals from receiving benefits under the Employment Security Law
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB435
Introducer: Wordekemper
Description: Change provisions of the Conveyance Safety Act
Business and Labor
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Monday February 24, 2025
Location: Room 2102
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB477
Introducer: Fredrickson
Description: Change provisions of the Workplace Privacy Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB415
Introducer: Ballard
Description: Change provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act and the Conveyance Safety Act and provide for offset of debt owed due to the overpayment of unemployment benefits under the Employment Security Law against gambling winnings under the Gambling Winnings Setoff for Outstanding Debt Act and against future benefits under the Employment Security Law
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB397
Introducer: Moser
Description: Eliminate provisions relating to workplace safety committees and a workplace safety program and terminate a fund
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB573
Introducer: Guereca
Description: Adopt the Meat and Poultry Workers and Contractors Protection Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB258
Introducer: Raybould
Description: Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act
Business and Labor
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Monday February 10, 2025
Location: Room 1524
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB299
Introducer: Juarez
Description: Allow eligible aliens and dependents to receive public benefits relating to employment
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB363
Introducer: Ibach
Description: Adopt the Apprenticeship Grant Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB75
Introducer: Hunt
Description: Change provisions of the Wage and Hour Act relating to tipped employees and provide for complaints, prohibited actions, and liquidated damages
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB45
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Provide for grants for job programs for historically underserved youth
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB402
Introducer: von Gillern
Description: Include collections relating to overpayment of unemployment benefits under the Employment Security Law as collectible under the Gambling Winnings Setoff for Outstanding Debt Act and change the statute of limitations for recovery of unemployment overpayment debt
Business and Labor
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Monday February 03, 2025
Location: Room 2102
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB94
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Adopt the Digital Skills Empowerment Act and change the use of the Workforce Development Program Cash Fund
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB297
Introducer: Ibach
Description: Change provisions relating to the combined tax rate under the Employment Security Law
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB265
Introducer: Sorrentino
Description: Adopt the Manufacturing Modernization and Workforce Development Pilot Investment Act, transfer, change, and eliminate funds, change provisions relating to the state unemployment insurance tax rate, and eliminate the Nebraska Worker Training Board
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB353
Introducer: Lonowski
Description: Allow public school employees to join or terminate membership in a labor organization
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB320
Introducer: Sanders
Description: Require that hotels and similar public lodging establishments place posters relating to human trafficking in such establishments and provide for training on human trafficking to employees of such establishments
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB698
Introducer: Strommen
Description: Change provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act
Business and Labor
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Monday January 27, 2025
Location: Room 2102
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB308
Introducer: Ibach
Description: Adopt the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB144
Introducer: Rountree
Description: Change provisions relating to veterans preferences for employment
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB100
Introducer: Spivey
Description: Adopt the Business Innovation and Startup Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB229
Introducer: Hallstrom
Description: Exclude marketplace network contractors working for marketplace network platforms from the Employment Security Law
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB197
Introducer: Storm
Description: Change provisions relating to disqualification for benefits, claim determinations, and claim redeterminations under the Employment Security Law