Nebraska legislators are currently considering LB 725, a bill that would significantly alter licensing requirements for electrical work in the state. As drafted, the bill would extend electrician-style licensing requirements to power-limited, low-voltage electronic security and life-safety work—including alarm systems, access control, and other critical security technologies.

Electronic security and life-safety systems operate at low voltage and are fundamentally different from full electrical work. However, LB 725 blurs this distinction by treating security technicians as electricians, even though the work they perform does not involve traditional electrical systems.

Why This Matters

If enacted without changes, LB 725 could:

• Increase costs and regulatory burdens on security and life-safety businesses
• Create workforce disruptions by imposing unclear or mismatched experience requirements
• Conflict with nationally recognized standards, including the National Electrical Code
• Reduce access to qualified security professionals—without a demonstrated public safety benefit

These unintended consequences could limit the availability of security and life-safety services for homes, businesses, schools, and critical facilities across Nebraska.

What Legislators Need to Hear

Many lawmakers may not be aware of how LB 725 affects power-limited security work, or how broadly its language could be applied. Without targeted fixes or clear exemptions, the bill risks over-regulating an industry that already operates safely under existing standards.

Take Action

Your voice matters. Legislators need to hear directly from Nebraska-based electronic security and life-safety businesses about the real-world impacts of this bill.