---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Defense Efforts Workforce Act"
description: "Adopt the Defense Efforts Workforce Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 649"
citation: "Nebraska LB 649 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15e6e0f5-0af9-44de-aef5-6c01df7380cb"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "fef940152d552fbcb495247751ee03b8c53bc9cbd0fd64ac1e63f128723c90e4"
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 649 (109) — Adopt the Defense Efforts Workforce 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/LB649.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER52** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER52.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB649.pdf)
4. **Revenue AM933** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM933.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB649.pdf)
6. **von Gillern AM1210** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1210.pdf)

## Votes

- Revenue AM933 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **40–4** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **36–2** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 44-4*-1 — **44–4** (pass) · legislature
- von Gillern AM1210 adopted — **35–1** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Revenue Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-30** Presented to Governor on May 30, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Passed on Final Reading 44-4*-1 `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-05-06** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-04-30** von Gillern AM1210 adopted
- **2025-04-30** Enrollment and Review ER52 adopted
- **2025-04-29** von Gillern AM1210 to AM933 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Enrollment and Review ER52 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Placed on Select File with ER52 `filing`
- **2025-04-16** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-04-16** Sanders AM632 withdrawn
- **2025-04-16** Revenue AM933 adopted
- **2025-04-16** Revenue AM933 pending
- **2025-04-16** Revenue AM933 pending
- **2025-04-08** Revenue AM933 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-08** Placed on General File with AM933 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-18** Sanders AM632 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-18** Notice of hearing for March 26, 2025 on AM632
- **2025-03-13** Sanders priority bill
- **2025-03-12** Notice of hearing for March 26, 2025
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Revenue 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/15e6e0f5-0af9-44de-aef5-6c01df7380cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).