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
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
New limits on unemployment for app contractors
The law limits unemployment coverage for people who work through marketplace apps. You count as an independent contractor, not an employee, only if all four are true: you sign a written contractor agreement; the platform does not set required hours; you can work for others except while on a job through the app; and the platform cannot end your contract for refusing a specific request. The work must run through the platform’s digital network, not at a platform-run site in Nebraska. The platform must take requests only through its app or website, not by phone or in person. When these rules apply, you cannot get state unemployment insurance for that app work, and the platform does not pay unemployment taxes on it. The exclusion does not apply to employers listed in 48-604(4)(a), 48-604(4)(b), or 48-603.01, or when federal law requires unemployment tax for credit.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Bob Hallstrom
legislature
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
Vote
Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
Vote
Yes: 14 • No: 34 • Other: 1
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
Vote
Yes: 32 • No: 16 • Other: 1
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: 14 • No: 34 • Other: 1
legislature vote • 2/19/2025
Vote
Yes: 32 • No: 16 • Other: 1
legislature vote • 2/19/2025
Vote
Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 2/4/2025
Vote
Yes: 33 • No: 12 • Other: 4
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025
3/12/2025legislatureHallstrom MO61 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed
3/10/2025legislatureHallstrom MO61 prevailed
3/10/2025legislatureMotion to return to Select File failed
3/10/2025legislatureConrad FA28 not considered
3/10/2025legislatureDispensing of reading at large approved
3/10/2025legislaturePassed on Final Reading 33-15-1
3/10/2025legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
3/10/2025legislaturePresented to Governor on March 10, 2025
3/10/2025legislatureHallstrom AM303 withdrawn
3/6/2025legislatureConrad FA28 filed
3/6/2025legislatureMotion to return to Select File pending
3/6/2025legislatureMotion to return to Select File pending
3/6/2025legislaturePlaced on Final Reading
2/20/2025legislatureHallstrom MO41 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed
2/19/2025legislatureHallstrom MO41 prevailed
2/19/2025legislatureConrad MO35 failed
2/19/2025legislatureHallstrom AM112 adopted
2/19/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
2/19/2025legislatureHallstrom AM303 filed
2/18/2025legislatureHallstrom AM112 pending
2/13/2025legislatureHallstrom AM112 pending
2/13/2025legislatureConrad MO35 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed
2/13/2025legislaturePlaced on Select File
2/6/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
2/4/2025legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
3/12/2025
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted