---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change and eliminate provisions relating to workplace safety committees and a workplace safety program and terminate a fund"
description: "Change and eliminate provisions relating to workplace safety committees and a workplace safety program and terminate a fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 397"
citation: "Nebraska LB 397 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moser"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2026-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cce23d9-93b2-48c3-9e69-4520a78bd0d5"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "7a67dbc18b44a5d5d28992da3e22ccf3d93a23cad2bb6e316a1b72e3afe0eb6d"
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 397 (109) — Change and eliminate provisions relating to workplace safety committees and a workplace safety program and terminate a fund

## 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/LB397.pdf)
2. **Cavanaugh, J. AM1945 Cavanaugh, J. FA964** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1945.pdf)
3. **Cavanaugh, J. FA964** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/FA964.pdf)
4. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB397.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB397.pdf)

## Votes

- Cavanaugh, J. AM1945 adopted — **44–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **42–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 35-13-1 — **35–13** (pass) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, J. FA964 adopted — **38–1** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **31–11** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Moser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-25** Approved by Governor on February 24, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-20** Presented to Governor on February 20, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-20** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Passed on Final Reading 35-13-1 `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2026-02-17** Enrollment and Review ST51 recorded
- **2026-02-17** Enrollment and Review ST51 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-17** Placed on Final Reading with ST51 `reading-3`
- **2026-02-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2026-02-09** Cavanaugh, J. AM1945 adopted
- **2026-02-09** Cavanaugh, J. FA964 adopted
- **2026-02-09** Cavanaugh, J. FA964 to AM1945 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-06** Cavanaugh, J. AM1945 pending
- **2026-02-05** Pending
- **2026-02-05** Cavanaugh, J. AM1945 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-30** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2026-01-27** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2026-01-27** Pending
- **2026-01-26** Pending
- **2026-01-07** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB397 amended into LB532 by AM692
- **2025-02-28** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05** Notice of hearing for February 24, 2025
- **2025-01-22** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** 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/3cce23d9-93b2-48c3-9e69-4520a78bd0d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).