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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit cities and counties from canceling health insurance coverage for injured first responders as prescribed and include under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act frontline state employees with respect to personal injuries"
description: "Prohibit cities and counties from canceling health insurance coverage for injured first responders as prescribed and include under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act frontline state employees with respect to personal injuries"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 444"
citation: "Nebraska LB 444 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30fb9f25-0469-4c71-85bf-dbc03240c562"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "fe80cd86f55e968695de002beb74d70ae643c6ebc48d4d6331bd0610801c81ab"
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 444 (105) — Prohibit cities and counties from canceling health insurance coverage for injured first responders as prescribed and include under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act frontline state employees with respect to personal injuries
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Intro/LB444.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB444.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB444.pdf)
## Votes
- Passed on Final Reading 31-8-10 — **318** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **334** (pass) · legislature
- Ebke FA50 adopted — **283** (fail) · legislature
- Bolz AM842 adopted — **263** (fail) · legislature
- Judiciary AM467 adopted — **285** (fail) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Walz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-05-23** Provisions/portions of LB244 amended into LB444 by AM842
- **2017-05-02** Approved by Governor on April 27, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-24** Presented to Governor on April 24, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-24** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Passed on Final Reading 31-8-10 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Lindstrom FA66 withdrawn
- **2017-04-24** Lindstrom FA66 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-24** Motion to return to Select File withdrawn `filing`
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Final Reading with ST14 `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-04-10** Bolz AM842 adopted
- **2017-04-10** Bolz AM842 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-10** Erdman AM982 withdrawn
- **2017-04-10** Erdman AM982 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-10** Enrollment and Review ER36 adopted
- **2017-03-31** Enrollment and Review ER36 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-31** Placed on Select File with ER36 `filing`
- **2017-03-29** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-03-29** Ebke FA50 adopted
- **2017-03-29** Ebke FA50 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-29** Judiciary AM467 adopted
- **2017-03-08** Walz priority bill
- **2017-03-07** Judiciary AM467 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-07** Placed on General File with AM467 `filing`
- **2017-01-30** Notice of hearing for March 03, 2017
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** 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/30fb9f25-0469-4c71-85bf-dbc03240c562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).