All Roll Calls
Yes: 744 • No: 765
NebraskaLB258109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET
Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act
Sponsored By: Jane Raybould
Signed by Governor
Business and Labor Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Higher state minimum wage with inflation raises
Nebraska’s minimum wage increases on a set schedule: $9.00 through 12/31/2022; $10.50 in 2023; $12.00 in 2024; $13.50 in 2025; and $15.00 in 2026. Beginning 1/1/2027, it goes up every January 1 by the Midwest CPI-U inflation rate, rounded up to the next $0.05. By October 15 each year, the Department of Labor publishes the rate for the next January 1. Employers must pay at least the rate in effect on the date you work.
Pay rules for tipped workers
If you get tips, your employer can pay $2.13 per hour in cash. Your tips plus that cash must add up to at least the state minimum wage. The employer must prove you are a tipped worker and that your total pay meets the minimum.
Training wage for new young hires, with limits
The training wage is $13.50 per hour through 12/31/2026. Starting 1/1/2027, that training wage rises 1.5% each year, rounded to the nearest cent. Employers may pay a separate training wage to new hires ages 16–19 of 75% of the federal minimum for up to 90 days. They can extend it another 90 days only during Commissioner‑approved on‑the‑job training, and no more than 25% of total paid hours can be at this rate. Employers cannot cut hours or lay off workers to replace them with training‑wage hires.
Youth and student pay rates
If you are 14 or 15 and not emancipated, your minimum wage is $13.00 per hour. It rises by 1.5% on 1/1/2030 and every five years after, rounded to the nearest cent. If you are a student‑learner in a bona fide vocational training program, your employer may pay 75% of the normal minimum wage.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jane Raybould
legislature
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 14 • No: 33 • Other: 2
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 12 • No: 34 • Other: 3
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 15 • No: 33 • Other: 1
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 33 • No: 9 • Other: 7
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 11 • No: 33 • Other: 5
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 15 • No: 34
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 12 • No: 33 • Other: 4
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 33 • No: 12 • Other: 4
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 16 • No: 33
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 14 • No: 32 • Other: 3
legislature vote • 2/5/2026
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Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 2/5/2026
Final Reading
Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 2/5/2026
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Yes: 16 • No: 33
legislature vote • 5/22/2025
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Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 5/14/2025
Final Reading
Yes: 31 • No: 17
legislature vote • 4/30/2025
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Yes: 34 • No: 11 • Other: 4
legislature vote • 4/30/2025
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Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 4/30/2025
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Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 4/30/2025
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Yes: 14 • No: 33 • Other: 2
legislature vote • 4/30/2025
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Yes: 12 • No: 33 • Other: 4
legislature vote • 4/30/2025
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Yes: 14 • No: 32 • Other: 3
legislature vote • 4/30/2025
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Yes: 11 • No: 33 • Other: 5
legislature vote • 4/1/2025
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Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 4/1/2025
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Yes: 33 • No: 9 • Other: 7
legislature vote • 4/1/2025
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Yes: 15 • No: 34
legislature vote • 4/1/2025
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Yes: 32 • No: 17
legislature vote • 4/1/2025
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Yes: 15 • No: 33 • Other: 1
legislature vote • 4/1/2025
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Yes: 12 • No: 34 • Other: 3
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on February 9, 2026
2/10/2026legislaturePresented to Governor on February 5, 2026
2/6/2026legislatureRaybould MO395 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed
2/5/2026legislatureRaybould MO395 prevailed
2/5/2026legislatureRaybould MO323 failed
2/5/2026legislatureRaybould AM1605 not considered
2/5/2026legislatureRaybould AM1606 not considered
2/5/2026legislaturePassed on Final Reading 33-16-0
2/5/2026legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
2/5/2026legislatureStrommen priority bill
2/3/2026legislatureTitle printed. Carryover bill
1/7/2026legislatureRaybould AM1605 filed
5/28/2025legislatureRaybould AM1606 filed
5/28/2025legislatureRaybould MO323 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed
5/28/2025legislatureBallard MO256 prevailed
5/22/2025legislatureSorrentino MO279 not considered
5/22/2025legislatureSorrentino MO279 Reconsider the vote taken on the final passage filed
5/20/2025legislatureCorrection
5/15/2025legislatureRaybould FA26 withdrawn
5/14/2025legislatureRaybould FA25 withdrawn
5/14/2025legislatureRaybould AM15 withdrawn
5/14/2025legislatureRaybould AM14 withdrawn
5/14/2025legislatureConrad MO149 withdrawn
5/14/2025legislatureConrad FA76 withdrawn
5/14/2025legislatureConrad FA77 withdrawn
5/14/2025legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
2/10/2026
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted