Bill Commons

NE LB 179

enacted

Change retirement contribution rates under the Police Officers Retirement Act and optional benefit forms under the Cities of the First Class Firefighters Retirement Act

Nebraska · 2026 Regular Session (109th Legislature, 2nd Session) · legislature

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Did NE LB 179 pass?

Yes. NE LB 179 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-06): Provisions/portions of LB461 amended into LB179 by AM592

What is NE LB 179 about?

NE LB 179 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session (109th Legislature, 2nd Session) titled “Change retirement contribution rates under the Police Officers Retirement Act and optional benefit forms under the Cities of the First Class Firefighters Retirement Act”.

Who sponsors NE LB 179?

Clouse is the primary sponsor of NE LB 179, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-01-13
Latest action
2025-06-06 — Provisions/portions of LB461 amended into LB179 by AM592
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Clouseprimary
  • Juarezcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-06

    Provisions/portions of LB461 amended into LB179 by AM592

  2. 2025-04-08

    Approved by Governor on April 7, 2025

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-04-03

    Motion to return to Select File withdrawn

    filing

  4. 2025-04-03

    Ballard FA81 not considered

  5. 2025-04-03

    Dispensing of reading at large approved

  6. 2025-04-03

    Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2

    passage

  7. 2025-04-03

    President/Speaker signed

    passage

  8. 2025-04-03

    Presented to Governor on April 3, 2025

    executive-receipt

  9. 2025-04-02

    Ballard FA81 filed

    filing

  10. 2025-03-20

    Juarez name added

  11. 2025-03-19

    Placed on Final Reading with ST13

    reading-3

  12. 2025-03-19

    Enrollment and Review ST13 filed

    filing

  13. 2025-03-19

    Enrollment and Review ST13 recorded

  14. 2025-03-11

    Juarez AM592 filed

    filing

  15. 2025-03-11

    Juarez AM592 adopted

  16. 2025-03-11

    Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  17. 2025-03-05

    Placed on Select File

    filing

  18. 2025-02-27

    Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  19. 2025-02-10

    Placed on General File

    committee-passage

  20. 2025-01-29

    Notice of hearing for February 07, 2025

  21. 2025-01-15

    Referred to Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-01-15

    Wordekemper name withdrawn

  23. 2025-01-13

    Date of introduction

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    2025-02-27 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Arch: yes
    • Dungan: yes
    • Lippincott: yes
    • Rountree: yes
    • Armendariz: yes
    • Guereca: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Hallstrom: yes
    • McKeon: yes
    • Sorrentino: yes
    • Bosn: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Storer: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Murman: yes
    • Strommen: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Ibach: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • DeBoer: yes
    • Jacobson: yes
    • Quick: yes
    • DeKay: yes
    • Juarez: yes
    • Raybould: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • Hunt: excused
    • Andersen: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, M.: abstain
    • Fredrickson: abstain
    • Spivey: abstain
    • Bostar: abstain
    • Clements: abstain
    • Hardin: abstain
    • von Gillern: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, J.: abstain
    • Dover: abstain
    • McKinney: abstain
  • Juarez AM592 adopted

    2025-03-11 · fail · 30-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Arch: yes
    • Guereca: yes
    • Lippincott: yes
    • Spivey: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Storer: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • McKeon: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Cavanaugh, M.: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Strommen: yes
    • Clements: yes
    • Ibach: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • von Gillern: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Jacobson: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Juarez: yes
    • Raybould: yes
    • Fredrickson: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Andersen: abstain
    • Clouse: abstain
    • Hallstrom: abstain
    • Quick: abstain
    • Armendariz: abstain
    • DeBoer: abstain
    • Hansen: abstain
    • Riepe: abstain
    • Bosn: abstain
    • DeKay: abstain
    • Hardin: abstain
    • Rountree: abstain
    • Bostar: abstain
    • Dover: abstain
    • McKinney: abstain
    • Sorrentino: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, J.: abstain
    • Dungan: abstain
    • Murman: abstain
  • Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2

    2025-04-03 · pass · 47-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • DeBoer: yes
    • Ibach: yes
    • Raybould: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • DeKay: yes
    • Jacobson: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • Armendariz: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Juarez: yes
    • Rountree: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Dover: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Bosn: yes
    • Dungan: yes
    • Lippincott: yes
    • Sorrentino: yes
    • Bostar: yes
    • Fredrickson: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Spivey: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Hallstrom: yes
    • McKeon: yes
    • Storer: yes
    • Cavanaugh, J.: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Cavanaugh, M.: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • Strommen: yes
    • Clements: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Murman: yes
    • von Gillern: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Quick: yes
    • Guereca: excused
    • McKinney: excused

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