republic-os/legislation/us/states/ne/109/lb-265.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Manufacturing Modernization and Workforce Development Pilot Investment Act, transfer, change, and eliminate funds, change provisions relating to the state unemployment insurance tax rate, and eliminate the Nebraska Worker Training Board"
description: "Adopt the Manufacturing Modernization and Workforce Development Pilot Investment Act, transfer, change, and eliminate funds, change provisions relating to the state unemployment insurance tax rate, and eliminate the Nebraska Worker Training Board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 265"
citation: "Nebraska LB 265 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sorrentino"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 62
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4512b921-c0e1-4ce5-9bff-b0a586774e73"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "d9942a2ffa605da0210c0d6503e7f8007fe5bbe42af9bbe3eb7ce0b67f039398"
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 265 (109) — Adopt the Manufacturing Modernization and Workforce Development Pilot Investment Act, transfer, change, and eliminate funds, change provisions relating to the state unemployment insurance tax rate, and eliminate the Nebraska Worker Training Board

## 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/LB265.pdf)
2. **Conrad AM1643** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1643.pdf)
3. **Conrad AM265** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM265.pdf)
4. **Enrollment and Review ER17** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER17.pdf)
5. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB265.pdf)
6. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB265.pdf)
7. **Sorrentino AM900 Conrad AM1643 Conrad AM977 Conrad AM1466 Cavanaugh, M. AM1645** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM900.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conrad AM265 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 44-5*-0 — **44–5** (pass) · legislature
- Sorrentino AM900 adopted — **43–2** (fail) · legislature
- Conrad AM1643 adopted — **42–0** (fail) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. AM1645 lost — **11–31** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sorrentino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB536 amended into LB265 by AM900
- **2025-06-06** Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-02** Presented to Governor on June 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-02** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 44-5*-0 `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-06-02** Dungan FA340 withdrawn
- **2025-06-02** Dungan FA339 withdrawn
- **2025-06-02** Conrad FA338 withdrawn
- **2025-06-02** Conrad FA337 withdrawn
- **2025-06-02** Conrad FA336 withdrawn
- **2025-06-02** Conrad MO338 withdrawn
- **2025-05-29** Enrollment and Review ST49 recorded
- **2025-05-29** Enrollment and Review ST49 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-29** Placed on Final Reading with ST49 `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** Dungan FA340 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-29** Dungan FA339 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-29** Conrad FA338 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-29** Conrad FA337 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-29** Conrad FA336 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-29** Conrad MO338 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed `filing`
- **2025-05-29** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-05-29** Sorrentino AM900 adopted
- **2025-05-29** Cavanaugh, M. AM1645 lost
- **2025-05-29** Cavanaugh, M. AM1645 to AM900 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-29** Conrad AM1466 withdrawn
- **2025-05-29** Conrad AM1643 adopted
- **2025-05-29** Conrad AM977 withdrawn
- **2025-05-29** Conrad MO339 prevailed
- **2025-05-29** Conrad MO339 Withdraw AM977 and substitute AM1643 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-29** Objection to unanimous consent request to substitute amendment
- **2025-05-29** Conrad AM1643 to AM900 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-29** Cavanaugh, J. MO329 withdrawn
- **2025-05-29** Cavanaugh, J. MO329 pending
- **2025-05-29** Cavanaugh, J. MO329 Bracket until June 9, 2025 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-29** Conrad AM977 pending
- **2025-05-29** Sorrentino AM900 pending
- **2025-05-20** Conrad AM1466 to AM900 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-09** Passed over `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Conrad AM977 pending
- **2025-04-09** Motion to overrule Chair withdrawn
- **2025-04-09** Chair ruled AM900 is germane
- **2025-04-09** Conrad AM977 to AM900 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-09** Sorrentino AM900 pending
- **2025-04-09** Enrollment and Review ER17 adopted
- **2025-04-08** Sorrentino AM900 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-26** Enrollment and Review ER17 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on Select File with ER17 `filing`
- **2025-02-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-02-20** Conrad AM265 adopted
- **2025-02-20** Conrad AM262 withdrawn
- **2025-02-20** Conrad AM259 withdrawn
- **2025-02-20** Conrad AM261 withdrawn
- **2025-02-19** Pending
- **2025-02-13** Conrad AM265 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Conrad AM262 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-12** Conrad AM259 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-12** Conrad AM261 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-07** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24** Notice of hearing for February 03, 2025
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** 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/4512b921-c0e1-4ce5-9bff-b0a586774e73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).