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NebraskaLB824109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET

Change provisions relating to termination of employment under the School Employees Retirement Act and the Class V School Employees Retirement Act

Sponsored By: Dan Lonowski

Signed by Governor

Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Limits on temp and volunteer work

After you separate, if you return as a temporary worker, substitute, or volunteer, you do not contribute and do not earn service credit. If you later become a regular employee, you must start contributing right away. Only paid work while you are contributing earns service credit. Public school and Class V employers may adopt policies that bar substitute or volunteer work for 180 days after separation. These rules apply starting May 1, 2026.

How Class V pensions are valued

How your Class V benefit is converted to a payment depends on your hire date. If you were hired before July 1, 2018, the plan uses a blended mortality table and an 8% interest rate. If you were hired on or after July 1, 2018, or rehired after taking a retirement benefit, it uses a unisex table and a board‑approved rate set after an actuary review. These rules start May 1, 2026.

Faster decisions on waiting periods

If you give clear proof within 45 days after your bona fide separation or after NPERS gets your retirement or distribution request, the director decides if the waiting period has passed. You can appeal to the board within 30 days. The board’s decision is final. This timing rule starts May 1, 2026.

Longer 180-day return-to-work window

If you leave school employment, you now have 180 days to return without being treated as terminated; before it was 120 days. If you end school work and start a state‑plan job within 180 days after you retire or take a distribution, you must join the state plan. These timing rules start May 1, 2026.

Class V governance shift and start date

Starting September 1, 2024, the board of education is responsible for liabilities tied to the former Class V board of trustees. Most other changes in this act start on May 1, 2026.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Dan Lonowski

    legislature

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 201 • No: 1

legislature vote • 4/24/2026

Vote

Yes: 29 • No: 0 • Other: 20

legislature vote • 4/24/2026

Vote

Yes: 31 • No: 0 • Other: 18

legislature vote • 4/1/2026

Final Reading

Yes: 47 • No: 1

legislature vote • 3/6/2026

Vote

Yes: 31 • No: 0 • Other: 18

legislature vote • 2/11/2026

Vote

Yes: 34 • No: 0 • Other: 15

legislature vote • 2/11/2026

Vote

Yes: 29 • No: 0 • Other: 20

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on April 7, 2026

    4/7/2026legislature

  2. Dispensing of reading at large approved

    4/1/2026legislature

  3. Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 47-1*-1

    4/1/2026legislature

  4. President/Speaker signed

    4/1/2026legislature

  5. Presented to Governor on April 1, 2026

    4/1/2026legislature

  6. Placed on Final Reading

    3/17/2026legislature

  7. Enrollment and Review ER124 adopted

    3/6/2026legislature

  8. Kauth FA453 withdrawn

    3/6/2026legislature

  9. Ballard AM2230 adopted

    3/6/2026legislature

  10. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    3/6/2026legislature

  11. Ballard AM2230 filed

    2/25/2026legislature

  12. Placed on Select File with ER124

    2/23/2026legislature

  13. Enrollment and Review ER124 filed

    2/23/2026legislature

  14. Lonowski AM1942 adopted

    2/11/2026legislature

  15. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    2/11/2026legislature

  16. Lonowski AM1942 filed

    2/3/2026legislature

  17. Placed on General File

    2/2/2026legislature

  18. Notice of hearing for January 30, 2026

    1/15/2026legislature

  19. Referred to Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee

    1/9/2026legislature

  20. Kauth FA453 filed

    1/8/2026legislature

  21. Date of introduction

    1/7/2026legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    4/7/2026

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  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

    PDF

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