---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change retirement contribution rates under the Police Officers Retirement Act and optional benefit forms under the Cities of the First Class Firefighters Retirement Act"
description: "Change retirement contribution rates under the Police Officers Retirement Act and optional benefit forms under the Cities of the First Class Firefighters Retirement Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 179"
citation: "Nebraska LB 179 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clouse"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d44cc92d-7291-4853-a2b9-103f928fe559"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "7cd968db3062ed5ce8745457ad7cc41a3a6e5841c667d1b9e1c7c45a8e8ca888"
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 179 (109) — Change retirement contribution rates under the Police Officers Retirement Act and optional benefit forms under the Cities of the First Class Firefighters Retirement 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/109/PDF/Intro/LB179.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB179.pdf)
3. **Juarez AM592** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM592.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB179.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Juarez AM592 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Clouse — primary (person)
- Juarez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB461 amended into LB179 by AM592
- **2025-04-08** Approved by Governor on April 7, 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
- **2025-04-03** Ballard FA81 not considered
- **2025-04-03** Motion to return to Select File withdrawn `filing`
- **2025-04-02** Ballard FA81 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-20** Juarez name added
- **2025-03-19** Enrollment and Review ST13 recorded
- **2025-03-19** Enrollment and Review ST13 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Final Reading with ST13 `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-03-11** Juarez AM592 adopted
- **2025-03-11** Juarez AM592 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-02-27** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-02-10** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Notice of hearing for February 07, 2025
- **2025-01-15** Wordekemper name withdrawn
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Nebraska Retirement Systems 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/d44cc92d-7291-4853-a2b9-103f928fe559`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).