---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change the Volunteer Emergency Responders Incentive Act"
description: "Change the Volunteer Emergency Responders Incentive Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 222"
citation: "Nebraska LB 222 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/762a0152-e60f-499d-bcd4-9478b5affc12"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "52856e60ff5cda8dbc2c817a8f763e96c72ddce63fe661e28645e026c663826b"
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 222 (106) — Change the Volunteer Emergency Responders Incentive 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/106/PDF/Intro/LB222.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB222.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB222.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Revenue AM424 adopted — **29–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Albrecht — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on May 01, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Presented to Governor on April 26, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-26** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Chambers FA54 withdrawn
- **2019-04-26** Chambers FA54 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-26** Motion to return to Select File withdrawn `filing`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2019-04-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-04-08** Revenue AM424 adopted
- **2019-03-20** Speaker priority bill
- **2019-02-22** Revenue AM424 filed `filing`
- **2019-02-22** Placed on General File with AM424 `filing`
- **2019-01-24** Notice of hearing for February 01, 2019
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** 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/762a0152-e60f-499d-bcd4-9478b5affc12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).