LB 820 Legislature · 109th Legislature (2025-2026)

Change retirement provisions relating to approved identification documents, participation in certain retirement systems, state contributions, ex officio members of the Nebraska Investment Council, contributions by school districts, computation of tax withholdings, retirement allowances, cost-of-living adjustments, and the Nebraska State Patrol and change the title of the executive director of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems

LB 820 modifies Nebraska's public employee retirement system rules. It requires state employees participating in retirement systems to maintain specific approved identification documents (like driver's licenses, birth certificates, or immigration documents) proving U.S. citizenship or lawful presence, and to produce these upon request. The bill also renames "state transfers" as "state contributions," changes the title of the retirement systems' executive director, eliminates obsolete provisions from retirement laws, and adjusts rules for school district contributions and tax withholdings related to deferred compensation. These changes directly affect all Nebraska state employees enrolled in public retirement systems.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Legislature Passage
Apr 2026
Legislature Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 7, 2026 Signed Apr 17, 2026
Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

Enrollment and Review ER149 Final Reading · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was finalized and expanded to include new eligibility requirements for state retirement systems. It now mandates that only U.S. citizens or individuals lawfully present in the United States can participate in state retirement plans. The legislation defines specific documents, such as passports and driver's licenses, that employees must maintain to prove their status.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded from a general retirement reform measure to include specific immigration-based eligibility criteria for all state and political subdivision retirement systems.
ELIGIBILITY

Added a requirement that employees must be U.S. citizens or lawfully present in the U.S. to participate in any state retirement system.

REQUIREMENT

Added a mandate for employers and employees to maintain and produce approved identification documents upon request from retirement boards.

DEFINITION

Defined 'approved identification document' to include a specific list of 13 documents, such as passports, birth certificates, and work authorization cards.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header to reflect 'Final Reading' status and corrected the sponsor attribution from an individual to the Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee.

Floor votes · Legislature Mar 12, 2026

How they voted

300
Passed · 19 other
Total votes 49
Mar 12, 2026
N Nonpartisan49
30 Yea 19
61% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
4
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB1166 amended into LB820 by AM2425
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB1103 amended into LB820 by AM2425
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB1102 amended into LB820 by AM2425
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB433 amended into LB820 by AM2736
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026
executive
Apr 10, 2026
Legislature · Passed
President/Speaker signed
legislature
Apr 10, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0
legislature
Mar 31, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Sorrentino AM2736 adopted
legislature
Mar 31, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Enrollment and Review ER149 adopted
legislature
Mar 12, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Nebraska Retirement Systems AM2425 adopted
legislature
Mar 9, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Placed on General File with AM2425
legislature
Jan 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee
legislature
Jan 7, 2026
Introduced
Date of introduction
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.