---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change the amount of compensation under the In the Line of Duty Compensation Act"
description: "Change the amount of compensation under the In the Line of Duty Compensation Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 717"
citation: "Nebraska LB 717 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morfeld"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a4921b2-74b5-4f4c-a039-9b4c52094f3a"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2022"
source_hash: "09e9c7a255c8767c1151c1d614559b578b0c99ef017184c8e27aa7e952d189b5"
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 717 (107) — Change the amount of compensation under the In the Line of Duty Compensation 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/LB717.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB717.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB717.pdf)

## Votes

- Clements FA73 lost — **5–25** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **32–6** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **32–4** (pass) · legislature
- McDonnell AM2061 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 34-6-9 — **34–6** (pass) · legislature
- Friesen AM2079 lost — **21–2** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Morfeld — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-20** Provisions/portions of LB1040 amended into LB717 by AM2061
- **2022-04-20** Approved by Governor on April 18, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-12** Presented to Governor on April 12, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-12** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Passed on Final Reading 34-6-9 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Cavanaugh, M. name added
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Final Reading with ST48 `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Bostar name added
- **2022-03-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2022-03-08** Clements FA73 lost
- **2022-03-08** Clements FA73 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-08** Friesen AM2079 lost
- **2022-03-08** Friesen AM2079 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-08** McDonnell AM2061 adopted
- **2022-03-08** McDonnell AM2061 filed `filing`
- **2022-02-28** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2022-02-25** Vargas name added
- **2022-02-25** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2022-02-25** Pending
- **2022-02-22** Pansing Brooks priority bill
- **2022-02-15** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2022-01-19** Hansen, M. name added
- **2022-01-13** Notice of hearing for January 24, 2022
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** 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/9a4921b2-74b5-4f4c-a039-9b4c52094f3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).