---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to school retirement systems and the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement System"
description: "Change provisions relating to school retirement systems and the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 645"
citation: "Nebraska LB 645 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b676b17d-ee07-4fdc-8d8d-222451a4223e"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "12274f2d7617b4064220c57ace470950d98031fd9acb6a0a5ba06c895afdac92"
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 645 (109) — Change provisions relating to school retirement systems and the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement System

## 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/LB645.pdf)
2. **Ballard AM1108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1108.pdf)
3. **Ballard, 21 AM1190** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1190.pdf)
4. **Bostar AM1135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1135.pdf)
5. **Enrollment and Review ER51** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER51.pdf)
6. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB645.pdf)
7. **Nebraska Retirement Systems AM876** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM876.pdf)
8. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB645.pdf)

## Votes

- Ballard AM1108 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Nebraska Retirement Systems AM876 adopted — **41–0** (fail) · legislature
- Ballard AM1190 adopted — **41–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 45-2*-2 — **45–2** (pass) · legislature
- Returned to Select File for specific amendment — **43–0** (fail) · legislature
- Bostar AM1135 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conrad MO27 failed — **7–29** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ballard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB76 amended into LB645 by AM1135
- **2025-05-06** Approved by Governor on May 6, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Presented to Governor on April 30, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-30** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 45-2*-2 `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-04-30** Ballard FA161 not considered
- **2025-04-30** Motion to return to Select File withdrawn `filing`
- **2025-04-30** Ballard FA161 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-30** Conrad AM1194 withdrawn
- **2025-04-28** Enrollment and Review ST26 recorded
- **2025-04-28** Enrollment and Review ST26 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Placed on Final Reading with ST26 `reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** Conrad AM1194 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Readvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-04-28** Ballard AM1190 adopted
- **2025-04-28** Returned to Select File for specific amendment `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Ballard AM1190 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Ballard FA137 withdrawn
- **2025-04-25** Ballard FA137 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-04-24** Conrad AM1184 withdrawn
- **2025-04-24** Conrad AM1184 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Bostar AM1135 adopted
- **2025-04-24** Ballard AM1108 adopted
- **2025-04-24** Ballard AM1023 withdrawn
- **2025-04-24** Enrollment and Review ER51 adopted
- **2025-04-23** Bostar AM1135 to AM876 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Ballard AM1108 to AM876 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Enrollment and Review ER51 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Placed on Select File with ER51 `filing`
- **2025-04-17** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-04-17** Ballard AM248 withdrawn
- **2025-04-17** Nebraska Retirement Systems AM876 adopted
- **2025-04-17** Conrad MO28 withdrawn
- **2025-04-17** Conrad MO27 failed
- **2025-04-17** Conrad MO29 withdrawn
- **2025-04-16** Notice of hearing for April 23, 2025 on AM1023
- **2025-04-16** Ballard AM1023 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-15** Nebraska Retirement Systems AM876 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-15** Placed on General File with AM876 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-14** Nebraska Retirement Systems priority bill
- **2025-02-20** Notice of hearing for March 14, 2025
- **2025-02-13** Ballard AM248 filed `filing`
- **2025-01-28** Conrad MO29 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6, Sec. 3(f) filed `filing`
- **2025-01-28** Conrad MO28 Recommit to the Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee filed `filing`
- **2025-01-28** Conrad MO27 Bracket until June 9, 2025 filed `filing`
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** 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/b676b17d-ee07-4fdc-8d8d-222451a4223e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).