---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act and the Employee Classification Act"
description: "Change provisions under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act and the Employee Classification Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 953"
citation: "Nebraska LB 953 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3135b4f7-8656-459a-b048-21d772b7d686"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018"
source_hash: "df7d9de70327ade468d5fd1ded50e8615d8859e5d183a166ac05f9c584d7371f"
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 953 (105) — Change provisions under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act and the Employee Classification Act

## 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/LB953.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB953.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB953.pdf)

## Votes

- Business and Labor AM1779 adopted — **29–0** (fail) · legislature
- Vargas AM2762 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Albrecht AM2742 adopted — **25–2** (fail) · legislature
- Schumacher AM2885 adopted — **33–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **29–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Albrecht — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23** Provisions/portions of LB784 amended into LB953 by AM2762
- **2018-04-23** Approved by Governor on April 19, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-18** Presented to Governor on April 18, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-18** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2018-04-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-04-09** Schumacher AM2885 adopted
- **2018-04-09** Schumacher AM2885 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Enrollment and Review ER176 adopted
- **2018-04-06** Enrollment and Review ER176 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Select File with ER176 `filing`
- **2018-04-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-04-04** Vargas AM2762 adopted
- **2018-04-04** Vargas AM2762 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-04** Albrecht AM2742 adopted
- **2018-04-04** Business and Labor AM1779 adopted
- **2018-03-28** Albrecht AM2742 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-22** Business and Labor AM1779 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-22** Placed on General File with AM1779 `filing`
- **2018-02-20** Business and Labor priority bill
- **2018-01-26** Notice of hearing for February 05, 2018
- **2018-01-11** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** 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/3135b4f7-8656-459a-b048-21d772b7d686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).