---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exclude marketplace network contractors working for marketplace network platforms from the Employment Security Law"
description: "Exclude marketplace network contractors working for marketplace network platforms from the Employment Security Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 229"
citation: "Nebraska LB 229 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hallstrom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccd32921-38a9-4910-b438-8a17f015a73f"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "8f5297f0935ec243b1c705849cf9edf30875b7533fcf35f42bb553405ab05b7e"
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 229 (109) — Exclude marketplace network contractors working for marketplace network platforms from 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/LB229.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB229.pdf)
3. **Hallstrom AM112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM112.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB229.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 33-15-1 — **33–15** (pass) · legislature
- Hallstrom MO41 prevailed — **33–16** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **33–12** (pass) · legislature
- Conrad MO35 failed — **14–34** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **33–16** (pass) · legislature
- Hallstrom AM112 adopted — **32–16** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hallstrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-10** Presented to Governor on March 10, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-10** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Passed on Final Reading 33-15-1 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-03-10** Conrad FA28 not considered
- **2025-03-10** Motion to return to Select File failed `filing`
- **2025-03-10** Hallstrom MO61 prevailed
- **2025-03-10** Hallstrom MO61 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Motion to return to Select File pending `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Motion to return to Select File pending `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Conrad FA28 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Hallstrom AM303 withdrawn
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-02-19** Hallstrom AM112 adopted
- **2025-02-19** Conrad MO35 failed
- **2025-02-19** Hallstrom MO41 prevailed
- **2025-02-19** Hallstrom MO41 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-18** Hallstrom AM303 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Conrad MO35 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Hallstrom AM112 pending
- **2025-02-13** Hallstrom AM112 pending
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-02-04** Hallstrom AM112 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-01-31** Pending
- **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/ccd32921-38a9-4910-b438-8a17f015a73f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).