---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change the Employment Security Law"
description: "Change the Employment Security Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 172"
citation: "Nebraska LB 172 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/740017db-e3d2-49f6-8163-b2ae10fb58df"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "6236f998f7a539bb9f571b2c7f22c7b92685818d2e876f5a53f46a0e0d572187"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ne"]
---

# Nebraska LB 172 (105) — Change the Employment Security Law

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Intro/LB172.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB172.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB172.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Albrecht AM964 adopted — **33–0** (fail) · legislature
- Business and Labor AM162 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Albrecht — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-09** Approved by Governor on May 09, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Presented to Governor on May 03, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2017-04-21** Placed on Final Reading with ST19 `reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-04-19** Albrecht AM964 adopted
- **2017-04-12** Albrecht AM964 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2017-03-30** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-03-30** Business and Labor AM162 adopted
- **2017-03-13** Speaker priority bill
- **2017-02-09** Business and Labor AM162 filed `filing`
- **2017-02-09** Placed on General File with AM162 `filing`
- **2017-01-20** Notice of hearing for January 30, 2017
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Date of introduction `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/740017db-e3d2-49f6-8163-b2ae10fb58df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).