---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act and change provisions relating to tort claims against the state, the State Self-Insured Liability Fund, and state vehicles"
description: "Change provisions under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act and change provisions relating to tort claims against the state, the State Self-Insured Liability Fund, and state vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 418"
citation: "Nebraska LB 418 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cavanaugh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b2b4d4b-5fa3-400c-b8af-e9707ee1da80"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "68f6927e7e2a0b6f25984df4311f96468783d05bde1887a9e427f35cc55d7c55"
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 418 (106) — Change provisions under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act and change provisions relating to tort claims against the state, the State Self-Insured Liability Fund, and state vehicles

## 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/LB418.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB418.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB418.pdf)

## Votes

- Business and Labor AM1266 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 35-0-14 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cavanaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB360 amended into LB418 by AM1266
- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB178 amended into LB418 by AM1266
- **2019-05-21** Approved by Governor on May 17, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Presented to Governor on May 13, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-05-13** Passed on Final Reading 35-0-14 `passage`
- **2019-05-13** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2019-05-07** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Enrollment and Review ER99 adopted
- **2019-04-30** Enrollment and Review ER99 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Select File with ER99 `filing`
- **2019-04-24** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-04-24** Business and Labor AM1266 adopted
- **2019-04-15** Business and Labor AM1266 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General File with AM1266 `filing`
- **2019-04-04** Hansen, M. name added
- **2019-03-19** Business and Labor priority bill
- **2019-02-08** Notice of hearing for March 04, 2019
- **2019-01-23** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** 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/2b2b4d4b-5fa3-400c-b8af-e9707ee1da80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).