---
type: "Bill"
title: "Define terms and change provisions relating to unlawful employment practices under the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act"
description: "Define terms and change provisions relating to unlawful employment practices under the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 451"
citation: "Nebraska LB 451 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKinney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eef8ecd-d835-4305-a35e-bfa421b2c9dd"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "8a5449aa2b2e73869c584dd2314687b4af31141c3e64ed8f521a6efdb58fac69"
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 451 (107) — Define terms and change provisions relating to unlawful employment practices under the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice 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/107/PDF/Intro/LB451.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB451.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB451.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Business and Labor AM550 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 40-4-5 — **40–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McKinney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **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 40-4-5 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-04-20** Enrollment and Review ER53 adopted
- **2021-04-09** Enrollment and Review ER53 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Select File with ER53 `filing`
- **2021-04-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-04-06** Business and Labor AM550 adopted
- **2021-03-17** Business and Labor AM550 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on General File with AM550 `filing`
- **2021-03-12** McKinney priority bill
- **2021-02-09** Hunt name added
- **2021-02-01** Notice of hearing for February 08, 2021
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** 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/8eef8ecd-d835-4305-a35e-bfa421b2c9dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).