Nebraska 109th Legislature (2025-2026) Status: Enacted

LB 956 — Provide for the collection of postsecondary institution compensation data

Last action — Approved by Governor on March 12, 2026

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Legislature
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 12, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jim Pillen (Republican) on March 17, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

85 added · 100 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Bill LB 956 clarify the intent to collect and report compensation data for various roles at Nebraska's public postsecondary institutions, including administrators and adjunct faculty. By establishing a requirement for transparency in salary and benefits data, the bill aims to address issues like workforce competitiveness and compensation equity. This change is significant because it can lead to better recruitment and retention of faculty, ensuring that higher education institutions in Nebraska can remain sustainable and fair in their hiring practices.

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LB956 LB956 2026 LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE SECOND SESSION LEGISLATIVE BILL 956 FINAL READING   Introduced by Cavanaugh, J., 9.
LB956 LB956 2026 LEGISLATIVE BILL 956 Approved by the Governor March 12, 2026   Introduced by Cavanaugh, J., 9.
Read first time January 12, 2026 Committee:
  A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to postsecondary education;
Education A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to postsecondary education;
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska, -1- LB956 LB956 2026 Section 1.
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska, Section 1.
(5) Instructional faculty means employees whose primary responsibilities include teaching, research, or public service, including professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, -2- LB956 LB956 2026 lecturers, and comparable academic titles, whether tenured or nontenured;
(5) Instructional faculty means employees whose primary responsibilities include teaching, research, or public service, including professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, lecturers, and comparable academic titles, whether tenured or nontenured;
(1) Beginning July 1, 2026, the commission shall annually collect salary and benefits data from each Nebraska public postsecondary institution.
 (1) Beginning July 1, 2026, the commission shall annually collect salary and benefits data from each Nebraska public postsecondary institution.
(3) The commission shall require data to be reported in a standardized format prescribed by the commission to ensure statewide consistency and year-to-year comparability.
(3) The commission shall require data to be reported in a standardized format prescribed by the commission to ensure statewide consistency and year- to-year comparability.
(3) Average salary by institution type, including two-year -3- LB956 LB956 2026 institutions and four-year institutions;
(3) Average salary by institution type, including two-year institutions and four-year institutions;
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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor on March 12, 2026

  2. Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3

  3. President/Speaker signed

  4. Presented to Governor on March 6, 2026

  5. Placed on Final Reading

  6. Kauth FA612 withdrawn

  7. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  8. Placed on Select File

  9. Cavanaugh, J. AM1943 adopted

  10. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  11. Cavanaugh, J. AM1943 filed

  12. Placed on General File

  13. Notice of hearing for January 26, 2026

  14. Referred to Education Committee

  15. Kauth FA612 filed

  16. Date of introduction

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 48 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (48)

48 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3

Passed 46 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 46003
Total 46003
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Ashlei Spivey — Yea
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Yea
Ben Hansen — Yea
Bob Andersen — Yea
Bob Hallstrom — Yea
Brian Hardin — Not Voting
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Dan Lonowski — Yea
Dan Quick — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Yea
Dave Murman — Yea
Dave Wordekemper — Yea
Dunixi Guereca — Yea
Eliot Bostar — Yea
Fred Meyer — Yea
George Dungan — Not Voting
Glen Meyer — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Yea
Jared Storm — Yea
Jason Prokop — Yea
John Arch — Yea
John Cavanaugh — Yea
John Fredrickson — Yea
Kathleen Kauth — Yea
Loren Lippincott — Yea
Machaela Cavanaugh — Yea
Margo Juarez — Yea
Megan Hunt — Yea
Merv Riepe — Yea
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Yea
Paul Strommen — Yea
R. Brad von Gillern — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Yea
Stan Clouse — Yea
Tanya Storer — Yea
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Not Voting
Tom Brandt — Yea
Tony Sorrentino — Yea
Victor Rountree — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Yea

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Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 320017
Total 320017
% of votes cast 65%0%0%35%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Ashlei Spivey — Yea
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Yea
Ben Hansen — Yea
Bob Andersen — Yea
Bob Hallstrom — Yea
Brian Hardin — Yea
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Not Voting
Dan Lonowski — Not Voting
Dan Quick — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Yea
Dave Murman — Yea
Dave Wordekemper — Yea
Dunixi Guereca — Not Voting
Eliot Bostar — Not Voting
Fred Meyer — Not Voting
George Dungan — Yea
Glen Meyer — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Yea
Jared Storm — Yea
Jason Prokop — Not Voting
John Arch — Yea
John Cavanaugh — Yea
John Fredrickson — Yea
Kathleen Kauth — Not Voting
Loren Lippincott — Not Voting
Machaela Cavanaugh — Yea
Margo Juarez — Yea
Megan Hunt — Yea
Merv Riepe — Not Voting
Mike Jacobson — Not Voting
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Not Voting
Paul Strommen — Not Voting
R. Brad von Gillern — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Not Voting
Rita Sanders — Not Voting
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Not Voting
Stan Clouse — Yea
Tanya Storer — Not Voting
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Yea
Tom Brandt — Yea
Tony Sorrentino — Yea
Victor Rountree — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Not Voting

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Cavanaugh, J. AM1943 adopted

Failed 31 Yea · 0 Nay · 18 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 310018
Total 310018
% of votes cast 63%0%0%37%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Ashlei Spivey — Yea
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Yea
Ben Hansen — Yea
Bob Andersen — Yea
Bob Hallstrom — Not Voting
Brian Hardin — Yea
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Not Voting
Dan Lonowski — Not Voting
Dan Quick — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Yea
Dave Murman — Yea
Dave Wordekemper — Yea
Dunixi Guereca — Not Voting
Eliot Bostar — Not Voting
Fred Meyer — Not Voting
George Dungan — Yea
Glen Meyer — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Yea
Jared Storm — Yea
Jason Prokop — Not Voting
John Arch — Yea
John Cavanaugh — Yea
John Fredrickson — Yea
Kathleen Kauth — Not Voting
Loren Lippincott — Not Voting
Machaela Cavanaugh — Yea
Margo Juarez — Yea
Megan Hunt — Yea
Merv Riepe — Not Voting
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Not Voting
Paul Strommen — Not Voting
R. Brad von Gillern — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Not Voting
Rita Sanders — Not Voting
Robert Clements — Not Voting
Robert Dover — Not Voting
Stan Clouse — Yea
Tanya Storer — Not Voting
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Yea
Tom Brandt — Yea
Tony Sorrentino — Yea
Victor Rountree — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Not Voting

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