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
Friday September 12, 2025, 1:00 PM - Room 1524
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LR281
Business and Labor Committee
Interim study to review occupational regulations for elevator mechanics and elevator contractors
Note: Invited testimony only.
Business and Labor Hearing
Friday September 05, 2025, 9:00 AM - Room 1524
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LR211
Prokop
Interim study to examine the InternNE program
Note: Invited testimony only.
Business and Labor Hearing
Friday September 05, 2025, 1:00 PM - Room 1524
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LR229
Clouse
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
Tuesday April 29, 2025, 12:00 PM - Room 1525
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AM491
Kauth
Amending LB534
Business and Labor Hearing
Tuesday March 25, 2025, 12:00 PM - Room 2102
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Appointment
Thurber, Katie - Department of Labor
Business and Labor Hearing
Monday March 17, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1510
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LB189
Cavanaugh, M.
Adopt the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act
LB370
Hunt
Change provisions of the Nebraska Student-Athlete Name, Image, or Likeness Rights Act
LB336
Conrad
Create the Task Force on Supported Employment
LB534
Kauth
Provide for payment of claims against the state
LB618
Kauth
Deny claims against the state
Business and Labor Hearing
Monday March 10, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1510
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Introducer
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LB361
Conrad
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
LB522
Guereca
Change provisions relating to the date when compensation begins and provide for cost-of-living adjustments under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act
LB400
Wordekemper
Provide for compensation under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act for cancers experienced by firefighters
LB455
Hallstrom
Provide for confidentiality of and access to certain injury reports under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act
LB456
Hallstrom
Provide for a patient’s waiver for the release of employee hospital and medical records under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act
LB313
Ibach
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
LB617
Kauth
Change provisions of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act
Business and Labor Hearing
Monday March 03, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1023
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LB532
Kauth
Require employers to use E-Verify, prohibit knowingly hiring an unauthorized alien, and provide for discipline against employers' licenses
LB423
Armendariz
Eliminate a grant program relating to internships for job training
LB537
Sorrentino
Provide requirements for workforce development grants under the Workforce Development Program Cash Fund
LB544
Dover
Disqualify certain individuals from receiving benefits under the Employment Security Law
LB435
Wordekemper
Change provisions of the Conveyance Safety Act
Business and Labor Hearing
Monday February 24, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 2102
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LB477
Fredrickson
Change provisions of the Workplace Privacy Act
LB415
Ballard
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
LB397
Moser
Eliminate provisions relating to workplace safety committees and a workplace safety program and terminate a fund
LB573
Guereca
Adopt the Meat and Poultry Workers and Contractors Protection Act
LB258
Raybould
Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act
Business and Labor Hearing
Monday February 10, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 1524
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LB299
Juarez
Allow eligible aliens and dependents to receive public benefits relating to employment
LB363
Ibach
Adopt the Apprenticeship Grant Act
LB75
Hunt
Change provisions of the Wage and Hour Act relating to tipped employees and provide for complaints, prohibited actions, and liquidated damages
LB45
McKinney
Provide for grants for job programs for historically underserved youth
LB402
von Gillern
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
Monday February 03, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 2102
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LB94
McKinney
Adopt the Digital Skills Empowerment Act and change the use of the Workforce Development Program Cash Fund
LB297
Ibach
Change provisions relating to the combined tax rate under the Employment Security Law
LB265
Sorrentino
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
LB353
Lonowski
Allow public school employees to join or terminate membership in a labor organization
LB320
Sanders
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
LB698
Strommen
Change provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act
Business and Labor Hearing
Monday January 27, 2025, 1:30 PM - Room 2102
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LB308
Ibach
Adopt the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act
LB144
Rountree
Change provisions relating to veterans preferences for employment
LB100
Spivey
Adopt the Business Innovation and Startup Act
LB229
Hallstrom
Exclude marketplace network contractors working for marketplace network platforms from the Employment Security Law
LB197
Storm
Change provisions relating to disqualification for benefits, claim determinations, and claim redeterminations under the Employment Security Law