LB847A is an appropriation bill that makes the fiscal changes needed to carry out provisions of LB1209. It amends appropriations in the Department of Labor and the Department of Economic Development, and it also repeals the original sections being replaced. The bill is structured as a technical budget measure rather than a policy bill, with line-item changes to cash fund, general fund, and federal fund appropriations for specific programs.
Within the Department of Labor, the bill adjusts funding for the Division of Employment and the Division for Protection of People and Property. It includes appropriations for workforce development state aid, administration of the workforce development program, and related employment security and public employment office functions, including one-stop career centers. It also reappropriates unexpended cash fund balances for workforce development. In the Department of Economic Development, it modifies funding for Business Incentives and provides state aid from the Nebraska Transformational Project Fund and the ImagiNE Nebraska Revolving Loan Fund.
Impact
LB847A changes state appropriations and spending authority for labor and economic development programs, but it does not create new substantive regulatory law. Its effect is to authorize and direct how state and federal funds may be used for workforce development, employment services, public employment offices, business incentives, and related aid programs. It also reappropriates unused cash fund balances and repeals the superseded original sections of law, ensuring the budget language aligns with the underlying legislation it supports.
Sentiment
The available voting history suggests the bill was noncontroversial and broadly supported. It advanced 38-0 to Enrollment and Review Initial, indicating unanimous approval at that stage. There are no committee transcript excerpts showing opposition or extended debate, which is consistent with an appropriation measure that appears to have been treated as a technical companion bill.
Contention
No specific points of contention are reflected in the provided record. Because LB847A is an appropriation bill tied to LB1209, any substantive disagreement would likely have centered on the underlying policy or the size and use of the appropriations rather than the mechanics of the amendment itself. The absence of recorded committee discussion and the unanimous vote suggest there was little visible opposition to the funding changes contained in the bill.