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Nebraska · 109th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

LB 578: Change provisions relating to compensation and employment of jail and prison inmates and disbursements of such funds and require payment of the minimum wage for inmates and government employees

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

LB 578 is a bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Change provisions relating to compensation and employment of jail and prison inmates and disbursements of such funds and require payment of the minimum wage for inmates and government employees. Primary sponsor: Machaela Cavanaugh (Nonpartisan). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 17, 2026): Indefinitely postponed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Nonpartisan 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Machaela CavanaughPrimary sponsorNonpartisanLegislature6
Ashlei SpiveyCo-sponsorNonpartisanLegislature13

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Indefinitely postponed
  2. Spivey name added
  3. Title printed. Carryover bill
  4. Notice of hearing for March 12, 2025
  5. Referred to Judiciary Committee
  6. Date of introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source