# Nebraska LB229: Exclude marketplace network contractors working for marketplace network platforms from the Employment Security Law Nebraska LB229, Exclude marketplace network contractors working for marketplace network platforms from the Employment Security Law, is a 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions legislature bill sponsored by Bob Hallstrom; 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). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB229-109 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nebraska LB229 - State: Nebraska - Session: 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions - Title: Exclude marketplace network contractors working for marketplace network platforms from 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: Bob Hallstrom - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Business and Labor Committee - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 9 (257 yes, 175 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - App-based workers treated as contractors: cost, high. 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. I… - Old unemployment section repealed: mixed, low. 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 and cosponsors - Sponsor: Bob Hallstrom, Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-10 | legislature | Final Reading | pass | 33 | 15 | 1 | | 2025-02-19 | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 16 | | | 2025-02-19 | legislature | Vote | fail | 32 | 16 | 1 | | 2025-02-19 | legislature | Vote | fail | 14 | 34 | 1 | | 2025-02-19 | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 16 | | | 2025-02-04 | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 12 | 4 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 32 | 16 | 1 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 16 | | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 14 | 34 | 1 | ## Actions (31) - 2025-03-11: Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025 (legislature) - 2025-03-10: Presented to Governor on March 10, 2025 (legislature) - 2025-03-10: President/Speaker signed (legislature) - 2025-03-10: Passed on Final Reading 33-15-1 (legislature) - 2025-03-10: Dispensing of reading at large approved (legislature) - 2025-03-10: Conrad FA28 not considered (legislature) - 2025-03-10: Motion to return to Select File failed (legislature) - 2025-03-10: Hallstrom MO61 prevailed (legislature) - 2025-03-10: Hallstrom MO61 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed (legislature) - 2025-03-06: Motion to return to Select File pending (legislature) - 2025-03-06: Motion to return to Select File pending (legislature) - 2025-03-06: Conrad FA28 filed (legislature) - 2025-03-06: Hallstrom AM303 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-02-20: Placed on Final Reading (legislature) - 2025-02-19: Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment (legislature) - 2025-02-19: Hallstrom AM112 adopted (legislature) - 2025-02-19: Conrad MO35 failed (legislature) - 2025-02-19: Hallstrom MO41 prevailed (legislature) - 2025-02-19: Hallstrom MO41 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed (legislature) - 2025-02-18: Hallstrom AM303 filed (legislature) - 2025-02-13: Conrad MO35 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed (legislature) - 2025-02-13: Hallstrom AM112 pending (legislature) - 2025-02-13: Hallstrom AM112 pending (legislature) - 2025-02-06: Placed on Select File (legislature) - 2025-02-04: Hallstrom AM112 filed (legislature) - 2025-02-04: Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial (legislature) - 2025-01-31: Pending (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/LB229.pdf) - Enrolled / Slip Law: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB229.pdf) - Final / Enacted: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB229.pdf) ## Related bills - LB468: Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers (failed) - 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