# Nebraska LB645: Change provisions relating to school retirement systems and the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement System Nebraska LB645, Change provisions relating to school retirement systems and the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement System, is a 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions legislature bill sponsored by Beau Ballard; status signed, last action 2025-06-06 (Provisions/portions of LB76 amended into LB645 by AM1135); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB645-109 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nebraska LB645 - State: Nebraska - Session: 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions - Title: Change provisions relating to school retirement systems and the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement System - Status: signed - Chamber: legislature - Introduced: 2025-01-22 - Last action: 2025-06-06, Provisions/portions of LB76 amended into LB645 by AM1135 - Sponsor: Beau Ballard - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 13 (454 yes, 60 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Bigger survivor checks for State Patrol families: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2027, certain Nebraska State Patrol survivor benefits rise to 100% of the officer’s annuity. Before that date, the survivor share stays at 75%. The 100% benefit is paid to a surviving spouse for life or to dependent children under age 19 in the listed cases. - New paycheck rates for school pensions: benefit, high. Starting July 1, 2025, your pension deduction is set each July 1 by the fund’s funded ratio. The rate is 9.75% if the ratio is under 96%. It is 8.75% if 96% to under 98%, 8% if 98% to under 100%, and 7.25% if 100% or more. - More state funding for school pensions: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, the state pays an extra 2% of total member pay each year to every Class V school district retirement system. Also starting July 1, 2025, the state makes a yearly deposit to the School Retirement Fund based on its funded ratio: 2% when under 96%, 0.7% when 96% to under 100%,… - Immediate effect and statute cleanup: mixed, low. The law takes effect immediately due to an emergency clause. It also repeals statutes 79-916, 79-958, 79-966, and 81-2026 to align the code with these changes. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Beau Ballard, Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-30 | legislature | Final Reading | pass | 45 | 2 | | | 2025-04-28 | legislature | Vote | fail | 41 | 0 | 8 | | 2025-04-28 | legislature | Select File | fail | 43 | 0 | 6 | | 2025-04-24 | legislature | Vote | fail | 36 | 0 | 13 | | 2025-04-24 | legislature | Vote | fail | 39 | 0 | 10 | | 2025-04-17 | legislature | Vote | fail | 41 | 0 | 8 | | 2025-04-17 | legislature | Vote | fail | 7 | 29 | 13 | | 2025-04-17 | legislature | Vote | fail | 38 | 0 | 11 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 41 | 0 | 8 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 7 | 29 | 13 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 41 | 0 | 8 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 36 | 0 | 13 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 39 | 0 | 10 | ## Actions (49) - 2025-06-06: Provisions/portions of LB76 amended into LB645 by AM1135 (legislature) - 2025-05-06: Approved by Governor on May 6, 2025 (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Presented to Governor on April 30, 2025 (legislature) - 2025-04-30: President/Speaker signed (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 45-2*-2 (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Dispensing of reading at large approved (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Ballard FA161 not considered (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Motion to return to Select File withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Ballard FA161 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-30: Conrad AM1194 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-04-28: Enrollment and Review ST26 recorded (legislature) - 2025-04-28: Enrollment and Review ST26 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-28: Placed on Final Reading with ST26 (legislature) - 2025-04-28: Conrad AM1194 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-28: Readvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment (legislature) - 2025-04-28: Ballard AM1190 adopted (legislature) - 2025-04-28: Returned to Select File for specific amendment (legislature) - 2025-04-28: Ballard AM1190 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-28: Ballard FA137 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-04-25: Ballard FA137 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-24: Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment (legislature) - 2025-04-24: Conrad AM1184 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-04-24: Conrad AM1184 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-24: Bostar AM1135 adopted (legislature) - 2025-04-24: Ballard AM1108 adopted (legislature) - 2025-04-24: Ballard AM1023 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-04-24: Enrollment and Review ER51 adopted (legislature) - 2025-04-23: Bostar AM1135 to AM876 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-22: Ballard AM1108 to AM876 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-22: Enrollment and Review ER51 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-22: Placed on Select File with ER51 (legislature) - 2025-04-17: Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial (legislature) - 2025-04-17: Ballard AM248 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-04-17: Nebraska Retirement Systems AM876 adopted (legislature) - 2025-04-17: Conrad MO28 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-04-17: Conrad MO27 failed (legislature) - 2025-04-17: Conrad MO29 withdrawn (legislature) - 2025-04-16: Notice of hearing for April 23, 2025 on AM1023 (legislature) - 2025-04-16: Ballard AM1023 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-15: Nebraska Retirement Systems AM876 filed (legislature) - 2025-04-15: Placed on General File with AM876 (legislature) - 2025-03-14: Nebraska Retirement Systems priority bill (legislature) - 2025-02-20: Notice of hearing for March 14, 2025 (legislature) - 2025-02-13: Ballard AM248 filed (legislature) - 2025-01-28: Conrad MO29 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6, Sec. 3(f) filed (legislature) - 2025-01-28: Conrad MO28 Recommit to the Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee filed (legislature) - 2025-01-28: Conrad MO27 Bracket until June 9, 2025 filed (legislature) - 2025-01-24: Referred to Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee (legislature) - 2025-01-22: Date of introduction (legislature) ## Bill text - Introduced, 2025-01-22: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB645.pdf) - Enrolled / Slip Law: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB645.pdf) - Final / Enacted: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB645.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) - LB677: Change provisions of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act and provide for regulation of medical cannabis (failed) - LB170: Eliminate the sales tax exemptions for candy and soft drinks (failed) - LB646: Provide an exemption from brand inspections and change fees under the Livestock Brand Act (failed) - LB13: Require the Department of Health and Human Services to file a state plan amendment relating to child care (failed) - LB714: Change provisions relating to motor vehicle taxes and fees (failed) ## Sources - [Introduced (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB645.pdf) - [Enrolled / Slip Law (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB645.pdf) - 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