---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to participation in and implementation of public retirement provisions"
description: "Change provisions relating to participation in and implementation of public retirement provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 198"
citation: "Nebraska LB 198 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDonnell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f58d663-9d3d-4be2-9867-479bcdcd8950"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "2fc733702b0137cceacac2d556b1b48c4ec1b5ddb462e131b0daf1faa32772ab"
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 198 (108) — Change provisions relating to participation in and implementation of public retirement provisions

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Intro/LB198.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER64** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER64.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB198.pdf)
4. **McDonnell AM2624** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2624.pdf)
5. **McDonnell AM2694** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2694.pdf)
6. **Nebraska Retirement Systems AM1391** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1391.pdf)
7. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB198.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- McDonnell AM2694 adopted — **28–0** (fail) · legislature
- Nebraska Retirement Systems AM1391 adopted — **31–0** (fail) · legislature
- McDonnell AM2624 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McDonnell — primary (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Vargas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-25** Provisions/portions of LB1365 amended into LB198 by AM2624
- **2024-04-25** Provisions/portions of LB378 amended into LB198 by AM1391
- **2024-03-18** Approved by Governor on March 18, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-18** Presented to Governor on March 15, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-15** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2024-03-12** Enrollment and Review ST44 recorded
- **2024-03-12** Enrollment and Review ST44 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-12** Placed on Final Reading with ST44 `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Vargas name added
- **2024-03-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-03-04** McDonnell AM2694 adopted
- **2024-03-04** McDonnell AM2624 adopted
- **2024-03-04** Enrollment and Review ER64 adopted
- **2024-02-23** McDonnell AM2624 to ER64 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-23** McDonnell AM2694 to ER64 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-20** Conrad name added
- **2024-02-14** Enrollment and Review ER64 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Select File with ER64 `filing`
- **2024-02-07** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-02-07** Nebraska Retirement Systems AM1391 adopted
- **2024-02-07** Cavanaugh, M. MO370 withdrawn
- **2024-02-07** Cavanaugh, M. MO369 withdrawn
- **2024-02-07** Cavanaugh, M. MO368 withdrawn
- **2024-02-07** Cavanaugh, M. MO367 withdrawn
- **2024-02-07** Cavanaugh, M. MO366 withdrawn
- **2024-02-07** Cavanaugh, M. MO365 withdrawn
- **2024-02-07** Cavanaugh, M. MO364 withdrawn
- **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2023-04-26** Nebraska Retirement Systems AM1391 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-26** Placed on General File with AM1391 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO369 Bracket until June 2, 2023 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO366 Bracket until June 1, 2023 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO370 Recommit to Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO368 Recommit to Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO365 Recommit to Nebraska Retirement Systems filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO367 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO364 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6 Section 3(f) filed `filing`
- **2023-03-14** Nebraska Retirement Systems priority bill
- **2023-02-15** Notice of hearing for February 23, 2023
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** 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/7f58d663-9d3d-4be2-9867-479bcdcd8950`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).