---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to child labor and employment certificates and approval requirements for short-time compensation plans and provide for applicability of the Employment Security Law and the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act to transit authorities"
description: "Change provisions relating to child labor and employment certificates and approval requirements for short-time compensation plans and provide for applicability of the Employment Security Law and the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act to transit authorities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 780"
citation: "Nebraska LB 780 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gragert"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99de41b0-666b-467b-9aed-c387bd586d51"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2022"
source_hash: "b4ed510500b0de3f2253acb44e6d7b491ab1528d0d3b64145d6ab7efb0e94c55"
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 780 (107) — Change provisions relating to child labor and employment certificates and approval requirements for short-time compensation plans and provide for applicability of the Employment Security Law and the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act to transit authorities

## 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/LB780.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB780.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB780.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 45-0-4 — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **43–0** (pass) · legislature
- Business and Labor AM1645 adopted — **42–0** (fail) · legislature
- Wayne AM2156 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gragert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-20** Provisions/portions of LB974 amended into LB780 by AM2156
- **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 45-0-4 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Final Reading with ST49 `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Wayne name added
- **2022-03-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2022-03-08** Wayne AM2156 adopted
- **2022-03-08** Wayne AM2156 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-08** Enrollment and Review ER123 adopted
- **2022-03-03** Enrollment and Review ER123 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Select File with ER123 `filing`
- **2022-03-02** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2022-03-02** Business and Labor AM1645 adopted
- **2022-02-22** Business and Labor priority bill
- **2022-02-15** Business and Labor AM1645 filed `filing`
- **2022-02-15** Placed on General File with AM1645 `filing`
- **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/99de41b0-666b-467b-9aed-c387bd586d51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).