---
type: "Bill"
title: "Name the Cities of the First Class Firefighters Retirement Act and change provisions relating to firefighters employed by a city of the first class"
description: "Name the Cities of the First Class Firefighters Retirement Act and change provisions relating to firefighters employed by a city of the first class"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 686"
citation: "Nebraska LB 686 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e00bed71-8b2c-4dfc-badd-234edc011431"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "eeafbbdb33953767f486fc70eb012963717b6f5f7b30931b5184374aff8e5827"
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 686 (108) — Name the Cities of the First Class Firefighters Retirement Act and change provisions relating to firefighters employed by a city of the first class

## 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/LB686.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB686.pdf)
3. **Jacobson AM3413** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM3413.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB686.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **25–14** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 43-2-4 — **43–2** (pass) · legislature
- Jacobson AM3413 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature
- Jacobson AM3229 adopted — **26–16** (fail) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. MO1362 prevailed — **29–11** (fail) · legislature
- Nebraska Retirement Systems AM2984 lost — **22–15** (fail) · legislature
- Jacobson AM3229 lost — **24–17** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Walz — primary (person)
- Blood — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Vargas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-25** Provisions/portions of LB406 amended into LB686 by AM2984
- **2024-04-25** Provisions/portions of LB221 amended into LB686 by AM2984
- **2024-04-25** Provisions/portions of LB197 amended into LB686 by AM2984
- **2024-04-18** Approved by Governor on April 15, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-11** Presented to Governor on April 11, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-11** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Passed on Final Reading 43-2-4 `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2024-04-09** Enrollment and Review ST70 recorded
- **2024-04-09** Enrollment and Review ST70 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-09** Placed on Final Reading with ST70 `reading-3`
- **2024-04-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-04-09** Clements FA369 withdrawn
- **2024-04-09** Clements FA368 withdrawn
- **2024-04-09** Jacobson AM3413 adopted
- **2024-04-09** Jacobson AM3413 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-09** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2024-04-04** Clements FA369 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-04** Clements FA368 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-04-04** Clements FA355 withdrawn
- **2024-04-04** Clements FA355 to AM2984 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-04** Clements FA353 withdrawn
- **2024-04-04** Clements FA353 to AM2984 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-04** McDonnell AM2285 withdrawn
- **2024-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. MO1364 withdrawn
- **2024-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. MO1364 Reconsider the vote taken on AM2984 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-04** Nebraska Retirement Systems AM2984 lost
- **2024-04-04** Jacobson AM3229 lost
- **2024-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. MO1362 prevailed
- **2024-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. MO1362 Reconsider the vote taken on AM3229 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-04** Jacobson AM3229 adopted
- **2024-04-04** Hughes FA313 withdrawn
- **2024-04-02** Jacobson AM3229 to AM2984 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-25** Blood name added
- **2024-03-25** Hughes FA313 to AM2984 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-20** Vargas name added
- **2024-03-20** Nebraska Retirement Systems AM2984 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-20** Placed on General File with AM2984 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-14** Nebraska Retirement Systems priority bill
- **2024-02-12** Notice of hearing for February 20, 2024 on AM2285
- **2024-02-12** McDonnell AM2285 filed `filing`
- **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2023-04-20** Conrad name added
- **2023-03-15** Notice of hearing for March 22, 2023
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** 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/e00bed71-8b2c-4dfc-badd-234edc011431`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).