---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change workers' compensation provisions for injuries to first responders and frontline state employees and burial expenses"
description: "Change workers' compensation provisions for injuries to first responders and frontline state employees and burial expenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 963"
citation: "Nebraska LB 963 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brewer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdd24173-baf5-4c0e-8fd8-11281b91def4"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2020"
source_hash: "85efbe5517b8dd612c497bda2c4a59acb846d6b87f96c4168cf194f78c867e1e"
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 963 (106) — Change workers' compensation provisions for injuries to first responders and frontline state employees and burial expenses

## 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/LB963.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB963.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB963.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **42–0** (pass) · legislature
- McDonnell AM2734 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature
- Returned to Select File for specific amendment — **45–0** (fail) · legislature
- Business and Labor AM2523 adopted — **37–0** (fail) · legislature
- Brewer AM3294 adopted — **44–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 45-0-4 — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- McDonnell AM2776 adopted — **27–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brewer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-18** Provisions/portions of LB448 amended into LB963 by AM2734
- **2020-08-18** Approved by Governor on August 15, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-12** Presented to Governor on August 11, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-11** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2020-08-11** Passed on Final Reading 45-0-4 `passage`
- **2020-08-04** Placed on Final Reading Second `reading-3`
- **2020-08-03** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Reengrossment
- **2020-08-03** Brewer AM3294 adopted
- **2020-08-03** Returned to Select File for specific amendment `filing`
- **2020-07-30** Brewer AM3294 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-23** Placed on Final Reading with ST47 `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2020-03-06** McDonnell AM2734 adopted
- **2020-03-06** McDonnell AM2776 adopted
- **2020-03-06** Enrollment and Review ER179 adopted
- **2020-03-05** McDonnell AM2734 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-05** McDonnell AM2776 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-03** Hansen, M. name added
- **2020-03-03** Enrollment and Review ER179 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Select File with ER179 `filing`
- **2020-02-26** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2020-02-26** Business and Labor AM2523 adopted
- **2020-02-21** McDonnell priority bill
- **2020-02-20** Business and Labor AM2523 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-20** Placed on General File with AM2523 `filing`
- **2020-02-10** Blood name added
- **2020-01-15** Notice of hearing for January 27, 2020
- **2020-01-14** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** 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/bdd24173-baf5-4c0e-8fd8-11281b91def4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).