Nebraska 105th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: Enacted

LB 953 — Change provisions under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act and the Employee Classification Act

Last action — Approved by Governor on April 19, 2018

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Legislature
  4. ✓
    To Executive
  5. 5
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2018. Enacted.

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, 4 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

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor on April 19, 2018

  2. Provisions/portions of LB784 amended into LB953 by AM2762

  3. Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1

  4. President/Speaker signed

  5. Presented to Governor on April 18, 2018

  6. Placed on Final Reading

  7. Enrollment and Review ER176 adopted

  8. Schumacher AM2885 filed

  9. Schumacher AM2885 adopted

  10. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  11. Placed on Select File with ER176

  12. Enrollment and Review ER176 filed

  13. Business and Labor AM1779 adopted

  14. Albrecht AM2742 adopted

  15. Vargas AM2762 filed

  16. Vargas AM2762 adopted

  17. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  18. Albrecht AM2742 filed

  19. Placed on General File with AM1779

  20. Business and Labor AM1779 filed

  21. Business and Labor priority bill

  22. Notice of hearing for February 05, 2018

  23. Referred to Business and Labor Committee

  24. Date of introduction

Sponsors

  • Albrecht · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Albrecht

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.

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Votes

Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1

Passed 48 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 48001
Total 48001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Albrecht — Yea
Krist — Yea
Baker — Yea
Kuehn — Yea
Blood — Yea
Larson — Yea
Bolz — Yea
Lindstrom — Yea
Bostelman — Yea
Linehan — Yea
Brasch — Yea
Lowe — Yea
Brewer — Yea
McCollister — Yea
Briese — Yea
McDonnell — Yea
Chambers — Yea
Morfeld — Yea
Murante — Yea
Crawford — Yea
Ebke — Yea
Erdman — Yea
Friesen — Yea
Scheer — Yea
Geist — Yea
Schumacher — Yea
Groene — Yea
Smith — Yea
Halloran — Yea
Stinner — Yea
Hansen — Yea
Thibodeau — Yea
Harr — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Hilgers — Yea
Walz — Yea
Hilkemann — Yea
Watermeier — Yea
Howard — Yea
Wayne — Yea
Williams — Yea
Kolowski — Yea
Wishart — Yea
Kolterman — Yea
Dan Quick — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Merv Riepe — Not Voting
Pansing Brooks — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea

Official roll call →

Schumacher AM2885 adopted

Failed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 16 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 330016
Total 330016
% of votes cast 67%0%0%33%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Albrecht — Yea
Krist — Yea
Baker — Not Voting
Kuehn — Not Voting
Blood — Yea
Larson — Not Voting
Bolz — Yea
Lindstrom — Yea
Bostelman — Not Voting
Linehan — Yea
Brasch — Yea
Lowe — Yea
Brewer — Yea
McCollister — Not Voting
Briese — Yea
McDonnell — Not Voting
Chambers — Yea
Morfeld — Not Voting
Murante — Yea
Crawford — Yea
Ebke — Yea
Erdman — Yea
Friesen — Yea
Scheer — Not Voting
Geist — Yea
Schumacher — Yea
Groene — Yea
Smith — Not Voting
Halloran — Yea
Stinner — Yea
Hansen — Not Voting
Thibodeau — Yea
Harr — Not Voting
Vargas — Yea
Hilgers — Not Voting
Walz — Yea
Hilkemann — Not Voting
Watermeier — Yea
Howard — Yea
Wayne — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Kolowski — Not Voting
Wishart — Yea
Kolterman — Not Voting
Dan Quick — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Merv Riepe — Yea
Pansing Brooks — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea

Official roll call →

Albrecht AM2742 adopted

Failed 25 Yea · 2 Nay · 22 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 252022
Total 252022
% of votes cast 51%4%0%45%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Albrecht — Yea
Krist — Not Voting
Baker — Not Voting
Kuehn — Yea
Blood — Not Voting
Larson — Yea
Bolz — Yea
Lindstrom — Not Voting
Bostelman — Yea
Linehan — Not Voting
Brasch — Yea
Lowe — Yea
Brewer — Not Voting
McCollister — Not Voting
Briese — Yea
McDonnell — Not Voting
Chambers — Not Voting
Morfeld — Not Voting
Murante — Yea
Crawford — Yea
Ebke — Not Voting
Erdman — Nay
Friesen — Yea
Scheer — Yea
Geist — Yea
Schumacher — Nay
Groene — Yea
Smith — Not Voting
Halloran — Not Voting
Stinner — Not Voting
Hansen — Yea
Thibodeau — Not Voting
Harr — Not Voting
Vargas — Yea
Hilgers — Yea
Walz — Not Voting
Hilkemann — Not Voting
Watermeier — Yea
Howard — Yea
Wayne — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Kolowski — Not Voting
Wishart — Not Voting
Kolterman — Not Voting
Dan Quick — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Merv Riepe — Yea
Pansing Brooks — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea

Official roll call →

Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

Passed 29 Yea · 1 Nay · 19 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 291019
Total 291019
% of votes cast 59%2%0%39%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Albrecht — Yea
Krist — Not Voting
Baker — Not Voting
Kuehn — Yea
Blood — Not Voting
Larson — Yea
Bolz — Yea
Lindstrom — Yea
Bostelman — Yea
Linehan — Not Voting
Brasch — Yea
Lowe — Not Voting
Brewer — Not Voting
McCollister — Yea
Briese — Yea
McDonnell — Not Voting
Chambers — Not Voting
Morfeld — Yea
Murante — Not Voting
Crawford — Yea
Ebke — Not Voting
Erdman — Not Voting
Friesen — Yea
Scheer — Yea
Geist — Yea
Schumacher — Nay
Groene — Yea
Smith — Not Voting
Halloran — Yea
Stinner — Not Voting
Hansen — Yea
Thibodeau — Not Voting
Harr — Not Voting
Vargas — Yea
Hilgers — Yea
Walz — Not Voting
Hilkemann — Yea
Watermeier — Yea
Howard — Yea
Wayne — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Kolowski — Not Voting
Wishart — Yea
Kolterman — Not Voting
Dan Quick — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Merv Riepe — Yea
Pansing Brooks — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea

Official roll call →

Business and Labor AM1779 adopted

Failed 29 Yea · 0 Nay · 20 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 290020
Total 290020
% of votes cast 59%0%0%41%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Albrecht — Yea
Krist — Not Voting
Baker — Not Voting
Kuehn — Yea
Blood — Not Voting
Larson — Yea
Bolz — Yea
Lindstrom — Not Voting
Bostelman — Yea
Linehan — Not Voting
Brasch — Yea
Lowe — Yea
Brewer — Not Voting
McCollister — Yea
Briese — Yea
McDonnell — Not Voting
Chambers — Yea
Morfeld — Yea
Murante — Not Voting
Crawford — Yea
Ebke — Not Voting
Erdman — Yea
Friesen — Not Voting
Scheer — Yea
Geist — Yea
Schumacher — Not Voting
Groene — Yea
Smith — Not Voting
Halloran — Yea
Stinner — Not Voting
Hansen — Yea
Thibodeau — Not Voting
Harr — Not Voting
Vargas — Yea
Hilgers — Yea
Walz — Not Voting
Hilkemann — Yea
Watermeier — Yea
Howard — Not Voting
Wayne — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Kolowski — Not Voting
Wishart — Yea
Kolterman — Not Voting
Dan Quick — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Merv Riepe — Yea
Pansing Brooks — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea

Official roll call →

Vargas AM2762 adopted

Failed 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
Albrecht — Yea
Krist — Not Voting
Baker — Yea
Kuehn — Yea
Blood — Yea
Larson — Yea
Bolz — Yea
Lindstrom — Not Voting
Bostelman — Yea
Linehan — Not Voting
Brasch — Yea
Lowe — Yea
Brewer — Not Voting
McCollister — Yea
Briese — Yea
McDonnell — Not Voting
Chambers — Yea
Morfeld — Yea
Murante — Not Voting
Crawford — Yea
Ebke — Not Voting
Erdman — Not Voting
Friesen — Yea
Scheer — Yea
Geist — Yea
Schumacher — Not Voting
Groene — Yea
Smith — Not Voting
Halloran — Yea
Stinner — Not Voting
Hansen — Yea
Thibodeau — Not Voting
Harr — Not Voting
Vargas — Yea
Hilgers — Yea
Walz — Not Voting
Hilkemann — Yea
Watermeier — Yea
Howard — Yea
Wayne — Yea
Williams — Yea
Kolowski — Not Voting
Wishart — Yea
Kolterman — Not Voting
Dan Quick — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Merv Riepe — Yea
Pansing Brooks — Yea
Robert Clements — Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

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LB 953 is sponsored by Albrecht.
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