---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change fees for and provide for transfers to the Nebraska Retirement Fund for Judges and change actuarial valuation and amortization provisions for certain state retirement systems"
description: "Change fees for and provide for transfers to the Nebraska Retirement Fund for Judges and change actuarial valuation and amortization provisions for certain state retirement systems"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 17"
citation: "Nebraska LB 17 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolterman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aed4a76-91dc-4ddf-91e5-41c1552dea1f"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "39051d0710908467cac7f114e44ee137ac517f56ceb2ee84a5cf4cfb621c812a"
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 17 (107) — Change fees for and provide for transfers to the Nebraska Retirement Fund for Judges and change actuarial valuation and amortization provisions for certain state retirement systems

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Intro/LB17.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB17.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB17.pdf)

## Votes

- Kolterman AM929 adopted — **35–1** (fail) · legislature
- Nebraska Retirement Systems AM461 adopted — **38–2** (fail) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. AM900 lost — **2–23** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **32–2** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **35–5** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 33-13-3 — **33–13** (pass) · legislature
- Kolterman AM978 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kolterman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-27** Provisions/portions of LB24 amended into LB17 by AM461
- **2021-05-27** Provisions/portions of LB16 amended into LB17 by AM461
- **2021-05-05** Approved by Governor on May 5, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Presented to Governor on April 29, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 33-13-3 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-04-20** Kolterman AM929 adopted
- **2021-04-20** Cavanaugh, M. AM900 lost
- **2021-04-20** Cavanaugh, M. AM900 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-20** Kolterman AM978 adopted
- **2021-04-20** Kolterman AM929 pending
- **2021-04-20** Enrollment and Review ER55 adopted
- **2021-04-15** Kolterman AM978 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-13** Kolterman AM929 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-12** Enrollment and Review ER55 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-12** Placed on Select File with ER55 `filing`
- **2021-04-07** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-04-07** Nebraska Retirement Systems AM461 adopted
- **2021-04-07** Wayne AM900 withdrawn
- **2021-04-07** Wayne AM900 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-07** Cavanaugh, J. AM884 withdrawn
- **2021-04-07** Cavanaugh, J. AM884 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Nebraska Retirement Systems AM461 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Placed on General File with AM461 `filing`
- **2021-03-02** Nebraska Retirement Systems priority bill
- **2021-01-19** Notice of hearing for January 27, 2021
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07** 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/5aed4a76-91dc-4ddf-91e5-41c1552dea1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).