# Nebraska LB197: Change provisions relating to disqualification for benefits, claim determinations, and claim redeterminations under the Employment Security Law

Nebraska LB197, Change provisions relating to disqualification for benefits, claim determinations, and claim redeterminations under the Employment Security Law, is a 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions legislature bill sponsored by Jared Storm; status signed, last action 2025-03-11 (Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Nebraska LB197
- State: Nebraska
- Session: 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions
- Title: Change provisions relating to disqualification for benefits, claim determinations, and claim redeterminations under the Employment Security Law
- Status: signed
- Chamber: legislature
- Introduced: 2025-01-14
- Last action: 2025-03-11, Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025
- Sponsor: Jared Storm
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Business and Labor Committee
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (86 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Labor-dispute claims decided together: benefit, low. When many unemployment claims come from the same labor dispute, the department can decide them at the same time. This can speed up decisions and cut repeat hearings and paperwork for affected workers.
- Faster unemployment decisions and corrections: mixed, low. The Nebraska Department of Labor now makes prompt decisions on unemployment claims. If you are found eligible, benefits are paid during any appeal until a hearing officer changes the decision. A decision can be reopened within two years for identity or math errors, newly found wages, false statemen…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jared Storm, Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-06 | legislature | Final Reading | pass | 47 | 1 |   |
| 2025-01-31 | legislature | Vote | fail | 39 | 0 | 10 |

## Actions (12)

- 2025-03-11: Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025 (legislature)
- 2025-03-06: Presented to Governor on March 6, 2025 (legislature)
- 2025-03-06: President/Speaker signed (legislature)
- 2025-03-06: Passed on Final Reading 47-1*-1 (legislature)
- 2025-02-20: Placed on Final Reading (legislature)
- 2025-02-13: Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment (legislature)
- 2025-02-06: Placed on Select File (legislature)
- 2025-01-31: Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial (legislature)
- 2025-01-29: Placed on General File (legislature)
- 2025-01-17: Notice of hearing for January 27, 2025 (legislature)
- 2025-01-16: Referred to Business and Labor Committee (legislature)
- 2025-01-14: Date of introduction (legislature)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-14: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB197.pdf)
- Enrolled / Slip Law: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB197.pdf)
- Final / Enacted: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB197.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB197.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Slip Law (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB197.pdf)
- [Final / Enacted (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB197.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB197-109 (as of 2026-10-17).