---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to disqualification for benefits, claim determinations, and claim redeterminations under the Employment Security Law"
description: "Change provisions relating to disqualification for benefits, claim determinations, and claim redeterminations under the Employment Security Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 197"
citation: "Nebraska LB 197 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Storm"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b77a162-d2d6-4ec3-a18d-298cda883881"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "80226073bcfe21a045f27a336493f766b2d926484af31521824dae6ad7173ad5"
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 197 (109) — Change provisions relating to disqualification for benefits, claim determinations, and claim redeterminations under the Employment Security Law

## 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/LB197.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB197.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB197.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-1*-1 — **47–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Storm — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-06** Presented to Governor on March 6, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-06** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Passed on Final Reading 47-1*-1 `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-01-31** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-01-29** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17** Notice of hearing for January 27, 2025
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** 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/9b77a162-d2d6-4ec3-a18d-298cda883881`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).