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LB 1173 — Provide for an annual filing fee for certain employers under the Employment Security Law, rename the Contractor and Professional Employer Organization Registration Cash Fund, and change permitted uses of such fund
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✓Introduced
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3Passed Legislature
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4To Executive
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5Enacted
This bill is in committee in the Legislature. Introduced January 21, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Legislature.
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The bill renames the Contractor and Professional Employer Organization Registration Cash Fund, changes its permitted uses, introduces an annual filing fee for certain employers, and eliminates obsolete provisions.
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81-406
Contractor and Professional Employer Organization Registration Cash Fund is created.→ Contractor, Business, and Professional Employer Organization Registration Cash Fund is created.The fund's name is updated to include 'Business'.
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81-406
The fund shall be used for: enforcing enforcing and administering:→ The fund shall be used for: Enforcing enforcing and administering:Clarifies the wording in the list of fund uses by adjusting capitalization.
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48-648
The commissioner may require by rule and regulation an annual filing fee for such reports in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.→ The commissioner may require by rule and regulation an annual filing fee for such reports in an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.The provision is specified without change, confirming the authority to impose the fee.
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48-1706
Each application shall be accompanied by a fee.→ Each application shall be accompanied by a fee.Confirms that applications must incur a fee without modifying the requirement.
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48-2710
The department shall adopt a schedule of fees for initial registration, annual registration renewal, and limited registration, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars for initial registration, one thousand five hundred dollars for annual registration renewal, and one thousand dollars for limited registration.→ The department shall adopt a schedule of fees for initial registration, annual registration renewal, and limited registration, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars for initial registration, one thousand five hundred dollars for annual registration renewal, and one thousand dollars for limited registration.Reaffirms the authority of the department to set fee schedules without amendments.
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48-2710
Fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Contractor, Business, and Professional Employer Organization Registration Cash Fund.→ Fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Contractor, Business, and Professional Employer Organization Registration Cash Fund.Restates the requirement to remit fees, ensuring no changes to the existing law.
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81-406
and administering: The Employment Security Law; the Farm Labor Contractors Act; the Contractor Registration Act; the Employee Classification Act; and the Professional Employer Organization Registration Act.→ and administering: The Employment Security Law; the Farm Labor Contractors Act; the Contractor Registration Act; the Employee Classification Act; and the Professional Employer Organization Registration Act.Reiterates the list of laws administered, ensuring clarity in fund administration.
Action History
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Indefinitely postponed
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Provisions/portions of LB1173 amended into LB847 by AM2141
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Referred to Business and Labor Committee
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Notice of hearing for February 02, 2026
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Kauth FA833 filed
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Date of introduction
Sponsors
- Kathleen Kauth · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 48 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
Co-sponsors (0)
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Not signed on (48)
48 members have not signed on to this bill.
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- Who sponsors LB 1173?
- LB 1173 is sponsored by Kathleen Kauth.
- What is the current status of LB 1173?
- This bill is in committee in the Legislature. Introduced January 21, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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