Nebraska 2025 Session Status: To Executive

LB261 — The official site of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature

Last action — Provisions/portions of LB627 amended into LB261 by AM832

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Legislature
  4. 4
    To Executive
  5. 5
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 15, 2025. It awaits signature.

Signed by Governor Jim Pillen (Republican) on May 15, 2025.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Appropriate funds for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, and appropriate Federal Funds allocated to the State of Nebraska pursuant to the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Date of introduction

  2. Referred to Appropriations Committee

  3. Notice of hearing for February 18, 2025

  4. Placed on General File with AM832

  5. Appropriations AM832 filed

  6. Clements FA157 to AM832 filed

  7. Meyer AM1246 to AM832 filed

  8. Speaker Major Proposal

  9. Appropriations AM832 pending

  10. Meyer AM1246 pending

  11. Appropriations AM832 pending

  12. Meyer AM1246 withdrawn

  13. Cavanaugh, M. AM1303 to AM832 filed

  14. Cavanaugh, M. AM1303 pending

  15. Appropriations AM832 pending

  16. Cavanaugh, M. AM1303 lost

  17. Guereca AM1264 to AM832 filed

  18. Guereca AM1264 adopted

  19. Speaker Arch MO225 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed

  20. Speaker Arch MO225 prevailed

  21. Appropriations AM832 adopted

  22. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  23. Clements AM1320 filed

  24. Placed on Select File

  25. Clements FA157 withdrawn

  26. Clements AM1320 pending

  27. Holdcroft AM1379 to AM1320 filed

  28. Holdcroft AM1379 adopted

  29. Clements AM1320 pending

  30. Clements AM1407 to AM1320 filed

  31. Clements AM1407 adopted

  32. DeBoer AM1410 to AM1320 filed

  33. DeBoer AM1410 pending

  34. DeBoer AM1410 adopted

  35. Murman AM1408 to AM1320 filed

  36. Murman AM1408 lost

  37. Dover AM1384 to AM1320 filed

  38. Dover AM1384 adopted

  39. Murman AM1429 to AM1320 filed

  40. Murman AM1429 adopted

  41. Bosn AM1386 to AM1320 filed

  42. Speaker Arch MO244 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed

  43. Speaker Arch MO244 prevailed

  44. Bosn AM1386 adopted

  45. Clements AM1320 adopted

  46. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  47. Spivey AM1366 to AM1320 filed

  48. DeBoer AM1377 to AM1320 filed

  49. Spivey AM1423 to AM1320 filed

  50. Placed on Final Reading

  51. Cavanaugh, M. AM1461 filed

  52. Motion to return to Select File withdrawn

  53. Cavanaugh, M. AM1461 not considered

  54. DeBoer AM1377 withdrawn

  55. Motion to return to Select File withdrawn

  56. Spivey AM1366 not considered

  57. Motion to return to Select File withdrawn

  58. Spivey AM1423 not considered

  59. Dispensing of reading at large approved

  60. Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 37-11-1

  61. President/Speaker signed

  62. Presented to Governor on May 15, 2025

  63. Communication

  64. Approved by Governor on May 21, 2025

  65. Provisions/portions of LB55 amended into LB261 by AM832

  66. Provisions/portions of LB57 amended into LB261 by AM832

  67. Provisions/portions of LB173 amended into LB261 by AM832

  68. Provisions/portions of LB284 amended into LB261 by AM1264

  69. Provisions/portions of LB348 amended into LB261 by AM1386

  70. Provisions/portions of LB452 amended into LB261 by AM832

  71. Provisions/portions of LB505 amended into LB261 by AM832

  72. Provisions/portions of LB580 amended into LB261 by AM832

  73. Provisions/portions of LB581 amended into LB261 by AM832

  74. Provisions/portions of LB621 amended into LB261 by AM832

  75. Provisions/portions of LB627 amended into LB261 by AM832

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 48 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (48)

48 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does LB261 do?
Appropriate funds for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, and appropriate Federal Funds allocated to the State of Nebraska pursuant to the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Who sponsors LB261?
LB261 is sponsored by John Arch.
What is the current status of LB261?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 15, 2025. It awaits signature.
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