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NE LB477

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

John Fredrickson

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Origin

Legislature

109th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends Nebraska's Workplace Privacy Act to prohibit employers from requiring employees to use location-tracking applications or wear electronic devices that track their location, travel patterns, or contacts with other employees

  • Creates an exception allowing employer tracking during a Governor-declared pandemic state of emergency, but only for contact tracing purposes on employer premises during work hours, with data destroyed within 48 hours after CDC-recommended tracing periods expire

  • Permits employers to track location of employer-owned property and monitor productivity metrics, provided the data collected does not associate individual employees with the tracked property

  • Requires any employee-associated travel pattern data to be stored by an independent third party and accessible only by warrant

  • Prohibits adverse employment actions against employees who refuse tracking or surveillance, or based on information obtained through prohibited tracking methods

Legislative Description

Change provisions of the Workplace Privacy Act

Last Action

Title printed. Carryover bill

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Business and Labor1/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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