---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit discrimination against an employee for communicating about employee wages, benefits, or other compensation"
description: "Prohibit discrimination against an employee for communicating about employee wages, benefits, or other compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 217"
citation: "Nebraska LB 217 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pansing Brooks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02dd4f1b-efcd-44de-8672-b1869d5d2d09"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "65e16be6e41905611a021b84bd3169b9e512067db0131a28b9e4244cedd38365"
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 217 (106) — Prohibit discrimination against an employee for communicating about employee wages, benefits, or other compensation

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Intro/LB217.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB217.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB217.pdf)

## Votes

- Hansen, M. AM1184 adopted — **28–0** (fail) · legislature
- Business and Labor AM387 adopted — **30–1** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **27–3** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 46-1-2 — **46–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Pansing Brooks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-18** Approved by Governor on April 17, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-11** Presented to Governor on April 11, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-11** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Passed on Final Reading 46-1-2 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Final Reading with ST13 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-04-03** Hansen, M. AM1184 adopted
- **2019-04-03** Hansen, M. AM1184 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-03** Hansen, M. AM1168 withdrawn
- **2019-04-03** Hansen, M. AM946 withdrawn
- **2019-04-03** Enrollment and Review ER49 adopted
- **2019-04-02** Hansen, M. AM1168 filed `filing`
- **2019-03-28** Hansen, M. AM946 filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Enrollment and Review ER49 filed `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Select File with ER49 `filing`
- **2019-03-15** Hansen, M. name added
- **2019-03-14** Blood name added
- **2019-03-14** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-03-14** Business and Labor AM387 adopted
- **2019-03-05** Cavanaugh name added
- **2019-02-21** Business and Labor AM387 filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Placed on General File with AM387 `filing`
- **2019-01-29** Notice of hearing for February 11, 2019
- **2019-01-15** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** 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/02dd4f1b-efcd-44de-8672-b1869d5d2d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).