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LB1009 • 2026

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Introduced By: Dungan
Last action
2026-04-17
Official status
Indefinitely postponed
Effective date
Not listed

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The official site of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature

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What This Bill Does

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-17 Nebraska Legislature

    Indefinitely postponed

  2. 2026-01-27 Nebraska Legislature

    Notice of hearing for February 23, 2026

  3. 2026-01-15 Nebraska Legislature

    Referred to Business and Labor Committee

  4. 2026-01-14 Nebraska Legislature

    Kauth FA665 filed

  5. 2026-01-13 Nebraska Legislature

    Date of introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 1009

Introduced by Dungan, 26.
Read first time January 13, 2026
Committee: Business and Labor
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act; to1
amend section 48-119, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska; to2
change provisions relating to the date when compensation begins; and3
to repeal the original section. 4
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,5
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Section 1. Section 48-119, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is1
amended to read: 2
48-119 No compensation shall be allowed for the first three seven3
calendar days of disability, except as provided in section 48-120, but if4
disability extends beyond the period of three seven calendar days,5
compensation shall begin on the fourth eighth calendar day of disability,6
except that if such disability continues for two six weeks or longer,7
compensation shall be computed from the date disability began. For8
purposes of this section, a partial day of disability shall be deemed a9
calendar day of disability. 10
Sec. 2. Original section 48-119, Reissue Revised Statutes of11
Nebraska, is repealed. 12
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