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Senate declines to override veto of six‑week paid parental leave for state employees (LB 8‑78)
Summary
Lawmakers considered but failed to override Gov. Pillen’s veto of LB 8‑78, which would have granted six weeks paid parental leave to eligible full‑time state employees including adoptive parents; the override motion failed on a 21‑27 (1 present) recorded vote.
Senator Greco opened debate on a motion to override Gov. Pillen’s veto of LB 8‑78, a bill that would have provided six weeks of paid parental leave to eligible full‑time state employees for births and adoptions.
Greco described the measure as modest and the product of compromise with stakeholders, including law enforcement bargaining groups and state agencies; she emphasized that the bill included leave for adoptive fathers as introduced on the floor. Opponents, and eventually the recorded vote, reflected a mix of concern about cost and policy details.
The clerk recorded the override attempt as unsuccessful (21 ayes, 27 nays, 1 present not voting). The veto therefore stands and the statutory change will not be enacted.
Supporters said the bill aimed to modernize state employment benefits; opponents flagged negotiations and collective bargaining as the preferable forum for some elements of leave policy.
