# Nebraska LB258: Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act Nebraska LB258, Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act, is a 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions legislature bill sponsored by Jane Raybould; status signed, last action 2026-02-09 (Approved by Governor on February 9, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB258-109 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nebraska LB258 - State: Nebraska - Session: 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions - Title: Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act - Status: signed - Chamber: legislature - Introduced: 2025-01-14 - Last action: 2026-02-09, Approved by Governor on February 9, 2026 - Sponsor: Jane Raybould - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Business and Labor Committee - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 32 (744 yes, 765 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Training wage for 16-19 new hires: mixed, medium. Employers can pay a training wage to new hires age 16 to 19 who are not seasonal or migrant workers and not emancipated minors. The training wage lasts 90 days and can extend another 90 days only during on‑the‑job training approved by the Commissioner of Labor. The rate is $13.50 per hour through D… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jane Raybould, Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-05 | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 16 | | | 2026-02-05 | legislature | Final Reading | pass | 33 | 16 | | | 2026-02-05 | legislature | Vote | fail | 16 | 33 | | | 2025-05-22 | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 16 | | | 2025-05-14 | legislature | Final Reading | pass | 31 | 17 | | | 2025-04-30 | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 16 | | | 2025-04-30 | legislature | Vote | fail | 14 | 32 | 3 | | 2025-04-30 | legislature | Vote | fail | 14 | 33 | 2 | | 2025-04-30 | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 16 | | | 2025-04-30 | legislature | Vote | fail | 34 | 11 | 4 | | 2025-04-30 | legislature | Vote | fail | 12 | 33 | 4 | | 2025-04-30 | legislature | Vote | fail | 11 | 33 | 5 | | 2025-04-01 | legislature | Vote | fail | 15 | 33 | 1 | | 2025-04-01 | legislature | Vote | fail | 32 | 17 | | | 2025-04-01 | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 16 | | | 2025-04-01 | legislature | Vote | fail | 12 | 34 | 3 | | 2025-04-01 | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 9 | 7 | | 2025-04-01 | legislature | Vote | fail | 15 | 34 | | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 11 | 33 | 5 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 14 | 33 | 2 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 16 | | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 16 | 33 | | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 16 | | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 15 | 33 | 1 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 9 | 7 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 12 | 33 | 4 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 14 | 32 | 3 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 16 | | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 16 | | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 12 | 4 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 12 | 34 | 3 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 15 | 34 | | ## Actions (90) - 2026-02-09: Approved by Governor on February 9, 2026 (legislature) - 2026-02-06: Presented to Governor on February 5, 2026 (legislature) - 2026-02-05: President/Speaker signed (legislature) - 2026-02-05: Passed on Final Reading 33-16-0 (legislature) - 2026-02-05: Raybould AM1606 not considered (legislature) - 2026-02-05: Raybould AM1605 not considered (legislature) - 2026-02-05: Raybould MO323 failed (legislature) - 2026-02-05: Raybould MO395 prevailed (legislature) - 2026-02-05: Raybould MO395 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed (legislature) - 2026-02-03: Strommen priority bill (legislature) - 2026-01-07: Title printed. Carryover bill (legislature) - 2025-05-28: Raybould MO323 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed (legislature) - 2025-05-28: Raybould AM1606 filed (legislature) - 2025-05-28: Raybould AM1605 filed (legislature) - 2025-05-22: Sorrentino MO279 not considered (legislature) - 2025-05-22: Ballard MO256 prevailed (legislature) - 2025-05-20: Sorrentino MO279 Reconsider the vote taken on the final passage filed (legislature) - 2025-05-15: Correction (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Ballard MO256 Reconsider the vote taken on LB258 filed (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Failed on Final Reading 31-17*-1 (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Conrad MO148 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Conrad MO8 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Clouse AM1077 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Conrad FA75 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Conrad FA78 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Conrad FA74 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Conrad FA73 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Conrad FA77 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Conrad FA76 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Conrad MO149 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Raybould AM14 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Raybould AM15 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Raybould FA25 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-14: Raybould FA26 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-05-06: Placed on Final Reading (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Raybould AM1254 adopted (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Raybould AM880 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Raybould MO221 prevailed (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Raybould MO222 prevailed (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Raybould MO222 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Raybould MO221 Withdraw AM880 and substitute AM1254 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Objection to unanimous consent request to substitute amendment (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Raybould AM1254 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Conrad MO218 failed (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Conrad MO218 Reconsider the vote taken on MO147 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Conrad MO147 failed (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Conrad MO147 pending (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Conrad MO217 failed (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Conrad MO217 Reconsider the vote taken on MO146 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Conrad MO146 failed (legislature) - 2025-04-15: Clouse AM1077 to AM880 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-08: Placed on Select File (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Business and Labor AM272 adopted (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad MO9 failed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Raybould MO150 prevailed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Raybould MO150 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad MO149 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad MO148 Indefinitely postpone filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad MO147 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad MO146 Bracket until June 9, 2025 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad FA78 to FA74 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad FA77 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad FA76 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad FA75 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad FA74 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad FA73 to AM880 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Raybould AM880 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad MO9 pending (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Business and Labor AM272 pending (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad MO145 failed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad MO145 pending (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad MO145 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-01: Conrad MO7 failed (legislature) - 2025-03-31: Murman name added (legislature) - 2025-03-31: Conrad MO7 pending (legislature) - 2025-03-05: Raybould priority bill (legislature) - 2025-02-28: Raybould FA26 to AM272 filed (legislature) - 2025-02-28: Raybould FA25 to AM272 filed (legislature) - 2025-02-28: Business and Labor AM272 filed (legislature) - 2025-02-28: Placed on General File with AM272 (legislature) - 2025-02-05: Notice of hearing for February 24, 2025 (legislature) - 2025-01-24: Raybould AM15 filed (legislature) - 2025-01-24: Raybould AM14 filed (legislature) - 2025-01-16: Referred to Business and Labor Committee (legislature) - 2025-01-15: Conrad MO9 Bracket until June 9, 2025 filed (legislature) - 2025-01-15: Conrad MO8 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed (legislature) - 2025-01-15: Conrad MO7 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6, Sec. 3(f) filed (legislature) - 2025-01-14: Date of introduction (legislature) ## Bill text - Introduced, 2025-01-14: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB258.pdf) - Enrolled / Slip Law: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB258.pdf) - Final / Enacted: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB258.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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