---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions of the Farm Labor Contractors Act"
description: "Change provisions of the Farm Labor Contractors Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 844"
citation: "Nebraska LB 844 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erdman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5c116df-a8e9-49f6-b83b-b987f57a2cd6"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2024"
source_hash: "4257ca56a192717b3d6392f995cecf256ed6a29d8fb0fc5c45ac7fcc91fceb49"
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 844 (108) — Change provisions of the Farm Labor Contractors 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/108/PDF/Intro/LB844.pdf)
2. **Agriculture AM2449** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2449.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB844.pdf)
4. **Ibach AM2891** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2891.pdf)
5. **Jacobson FA252** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/FA252.pdf)
6. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB844.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- Jacobson FA252 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature
- Ibach AM2891 adopted — **29–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 45-0-4 — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Agriculture AM2449 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Erdman — primary (person)
- Holdcroft — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Linehan — cosponsor (person)
- Lippincott — cosponsor (person)
- Slama — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **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** Aguilar explanation of vote
- **2024-03-15** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Passed on Final Reading 45-0-4 `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Enrollment and Review ST47 recorded
- **2024-03-13** Enrollment and Review ST47 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Final Reading with ST47 `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-03-07** Ibach AM2891 adopted
- **2024-03-07** Jacobson FA252 adopted
- **2024-03-07** Jacobson FA252 to AM2891 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-07** Ibach AM2891 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-29** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2024-02-20** Slama name added
- **2024-02-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-02-20** Erdman AM2208 withdrawn
- **2024-02-20** Agriculture AM2449 adopted
- **2024-02-15** Agriculture priority bill
- **2024-02-14** Agriculture AM2449 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on General File with AM2449 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Hughes name added
- **2024-02-02** Linehan name added
- **2024-01-31** Erdman AM2208 filed `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Notice of hearing for February 06, 2024
- **2024-01-16** Rereferred to Agriculture Committee
- **2024-01-05** Lippincott name added
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-04** Holdcroft name added
- **2024-01-03** 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/b5c116df-a8e9-49f6-b83b-b987f57a2cd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).