All Roll Calls
Yes: 257 • No: 175
NebraskaLB229109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET
Exclude marketplace network contractors working for marketplace network platforms from the Employment Security Law
Sponsored By: Bob Hallstrom
Signed by Governor
Business and Labor Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
App-based workers treated as contractors
The law excludes many app-based jobs from unemployment insurance, if strict rules are met. You must have a written deal that says you are an independent contractor. The platform cannot set fixed hours you must be available. It cannot bar you from other work or other apps when you are off its app. It cannot end your contract for declining a specific request. The platform takes requests only through its app or website, not by phone, fax, or in-person. You do not do the work at a platform-run physical location in Nebraska. This exclusion does not apply to certain public or qualifying nonprofit employers. It also does not apply when federal tax rules require coverage to get the full federal unemployment tax credit.
Old unemployment section repealed
The law deletes the old Nebraska statute that defined employment for unemployment insurance. New rules in this act now control who counts as an employee and who is covered. The change can help some groups and limit others, depending on the new definitions.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Bob Hallstrom
Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 3/10/2025
Final Reading
Yes: 33 • No: 15 • Other: 1
legislature vote • 2/19/2025
Vote
Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 2/19/2025
Vote
Yes: 32 • No: 16 • Other: 1
legislature vote • 2/19/2025
Vote
Yes: 14 • No: 34 • Other: 1
legislature vote • 2/19/2025
Vote
Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 2/4/2025
Vote
Yes: 33 • No: 12 • Other: 4
legislature vote • Unknown
Vote
Yes: 32 • No: 16 • Other: 1
legislature vote • Unknown
Vote
Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • Unknown
Vote
Yes: 14 • No: 34 • Other: 1
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025
3/11/2025legislaturePresented to Governor on March 10, 2025
3/10/2025legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
3/10/2025legislaturePassed on Final Reading 33-15-1
3/10/2025legislatureDispensing of reading at large approved
3/10/2025legislatureConrad FA28 not considered
3/10/2025legislatureMotion to return to Select File failed
3/10/2025legislatureHallstrom MO61 prevailed
3/10/2025legislatureHallstrom MO61 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed
3/10/2025legislatureMotion to return to Select File pending
3/6/2025legislatureMotion to return to Select File pending
3/6/2025legislatureConrad FA28 filed
3/6/2025legislatureHallstrom AM303 withdrawn
3/6/2025legislaturePlaced on Final Reading
2/20/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
2/19/2025legislatureHallstrom AM112 adopted
2/19/2025legislatureConrad MO35 failed
2/19/2025legislatureHallstrom MO41 prevailed
2/19/2025legislatureHallstrom MO41 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed
2/19/2025legislatureHallstrom AM303 filed
2/18/2025legislatureConrad MO35 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed
2/13/2025legislatureHallstrom AM112 pending
2/13/2025legislatureHallstrom AM112 pending
2/13/2025legislaturePlaced on Select File
2/6/2025legislatureHallstrom AM112 filed
2/4/2025legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
1/14/2025
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted
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