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NebraskaLB645A109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET

Appropriation Bill

Sponsored By: Beau Ballard

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Bigger survivor checks for State Patrol families

Beginning July 1, 2027, survivor checks rise to 100% of the officer’s annuity in key cases. A surviving spouse with no dependent child under 19 gets 100%. A spouse who cared for dependent children gets 100% once no child under 19 remains. If no spouse exists, dependent children under 19 share 100%. These rules apply for deaths after retirement, deaths before retirement treated as disability, and deaths after retirement for disability reasons.

School staff pension pay-in now varies

Starting July 1, 2025, your required pension deposit is set each July by the fund’s health. You pay 9.75% if the funded ratio is under 96%, 8.75% if it is 96% to under 98%, 8.00% if it is 98% to under 100%, and 7.25% if it is 100% or more. Deposits come out of pay like other payroll deductions.

State dollars and new fund for school pensions

The law creates a Service Annuity Fund to hold and invest money for Class V service annuities. Beginning July 1, 2025, the state pays the School Retirement Fund each year based on its funded ratio: 2% of all members’ pay if under 96%, 0.7% if 96% to under 100%, and no payment if 100% or more. Also starting July 1, 2025, the state pays each Class V district 2% of all members’ pay plus the amount set in section 79-966(1)(b) to send to its retirement system. These payments are in addition to other transfers already required by law.

Immediate effect and pension section repeals

An emergency clause makes this law take effect when it is passed and approved. The law also repeals sections 79-916, 79-958, 79-966, and 81-2026, replacing those rules elsewhere in this act. These steps make the new pension rules and funding flows start right away under the updated statute.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Beau Ballard

    Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 163 • No: 0

legislature vote • 4/30/2025

Final Reading

Yes: 47 • No: 0 • Other: 2

legislature vote • 4/28/2025

Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11

legislature vote • 4/24/2025

Vote

Yes: 40 • No: 0 • Other: 9

legislature vote • Unknown

Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on May 6, 2025

    5/6/2025legislature

  2. Presented to Governor on April 30, 2025

    4/30/2025legislature

  3. President/Speaker signed

    4/30/2025legislature

  4. Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 47-0-2

    4/30/2025legislature

  5. Placed on Final Reading

    4/28/2025legislature

  6. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    4/28/2025legislature

  7. Ballard AM1197 adopted

    4/28/2025legislature

  8. Ballard AM1197 filed

    4/28/2025legislature

  9. Placed on Select File

    4/28/2025legislature

  10. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    4/24/2025legislature

  11. Placed on General File

    4/23/2025legislature

  12. Date of introduction

    4/23/2025legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    4/23/2025

    PDF

  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

    PDF

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