---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to veterans preferences for employment"
description: "Change provisions relating to veterans preferences for employment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 144"
citation: "Nebraska LB 144 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rountree"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94357cd3-a13b-4806-a2bf-9d3ea1315ab5"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "d5a681b2739c8cbd67087bda1ca716dfbeb721eb03ebb23f4f5f838db981b8ce"
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 144 (109) — Change provisions relating to veterans preferences for employment

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB144.pdf)
2. **Business and Labor AM175** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM175.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB144.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB144.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Business and Labor AM175 adopted — **40–1** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Rountree — primary (person)
- Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on April 9, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-03** Presented to Governor on April 3, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-03-10** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-03-03** Andersen name added
- **2025-03-03** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-03-03** Business and Labor AM175 adopted
- **2025-03-03** Rountree AM103 withdrawn
- **2025-02-12** Business and Labor AM175 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on General File with AM175 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Rountree AM103 filed `filing`
- **2025-01-30** Conrad name added
- **2025-01-17** Notice of hearing for January 27, 2025
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** 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/94357cd3-a13b-4806-a2bf-9d3ea1315ab5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).