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LB 1236 — Change provisions relating to publication, printing, and distribution of legislative journals, session laws, and statutes and publication of the Constitution of Nebraska
Last action — Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 21, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jim Pillen (Republican) on April 17, 2026.
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526 added · 599 removedPlain-language change summary
The amended version of Bill LB 1236 adds details about the approval date and the authority of the Clerk of the Legislature regarding the distribution of legislative materials. Specifically, it allows for the session laws, journal, and statutes to be published in both print and electronic formats. This change matters because it modernizes the way legislative information is shared, making it more accessible to the public and potentially enhancing transparency in government operations.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Legislature;
to amend sections 49-501, 49-501.01, 49-502, 49-503, 49-504, 49-505, 49-507, 49-508, 49-509, 49-509.01, 49-704, 49-708, 49-1701, 83-901, 84-502, 84-512, 84-1205.02, 85-176, and 85-177, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, section 49-707, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, and sections 49-506 and 49-617, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2025;
to change provisions relating to the publication, printing, and distribution of the Legislative Journal, the session laws, and the statutes of Nebraska;
to change provisions relating to compiling the Constitution of Nebraska;
to change, provide, and eliminate powers and duties of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, the Supreme Court, the Secretary of State, the Clerk of the Legislature, the Revisor of Statutes, county clerks, and the State Librarian;
to change provisions relating to certain funds;
to harmonize provisions;
to provide operative dates;
to repeal the original sections;
and to declare an emergency.
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska, Section 1.
Any person may send a request to the clerk for printed copies of the session laws, journal, or statutes and shall pay -1- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 the cost of production and delivery of such copies as such costs are determined by the clerk based on prices prescribed by the executive board pursuant to the policy.
49-501 The49-501 The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to distribute the laws and journals of the state.
49-502 The county clerk shall distribute one copy of the session laws to the clerk of the district court for the use of the district court in all counties of the state except Lancaster and Douglas Counties, and in those -1- LB1236 LB1236 2026 counties one copy for each district judge in the county, to the -2- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 judge of the county court, to the county attorney, and to the county law library.
49-504 Each county officer shall deliver to such officer's his successor in office all laws and journals which shall have come into such -3- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 officer's his possession under the provisions of sections 49-502 and 49-503 as soon after such officer's his successor shall have qualified as such successor or as the county clerk may require.
49-505 After49-505 After the above distribution under sections 49-502 to 49-504, the copies of laws and journals remaining in the hands of the county clerk may, upon their application, be distributed to the request of the librarians of any public libraries within the county for whose support an annual tax is levied, be distributed to such librarians.
One copy of the session laws shall be delivered to the Lieutenant Governor, the State Treasurer, the Auditor of Public Accounts, the Reporter of Decisions, the State Court Administrator, the State Fire Marshal, the Department of Administrative Services, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Banking and Finance, the State Department of Education, the Department of Insurance, the Department of Labor, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Revenue, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, the Military Department, the Nebraska State Patrol, the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, each of the Nebraska state colleges, the Game and Parks -4- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 Commission, the Nebraska Library Commission, the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission, the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission, the Public Service Commission, the State Real Estate Commission, the Nebraska State Historical Society, the Public Employees Retirement Board, the Risk Manager, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, the Public Counsel, the materiel division of the Department of Administrative Services, the State Records Administrator, the budget division of the Department of Administrative Services, the Tax Equalization and Review Commission, the inmate library at all state penal and correctional institutions, the Commission on Public Advocacy, and the Library of Congress;
two copies to the Secretary of State and the Commission of -2- LB1236 LB1236 2026 Industrial Relations;
The remaining copies shall be delivered to the State Librarian who shall use the same, so far as required for exchange -5- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 purposes, in building up the State Library and in the manner specified in sections 49-507 to 49-509.
49-509 Any remaining copies of the session laws and journals in the hands of the State Librarian shall be sold by the Supreme Court at a price of fifteen dollars for bound print copies of the session laws and forty dollars for bound print copies of the journal, except that after two years have elapsed from the date of publication, the court may sell any bound print copies of the session laws and journals at a price of -6- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 twenty-five cents per volume.
49-61749-617 The The Revisor of Statutes shall cause the statutes to be printed.
as -7- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 many copies to the Attorney General as there are he or she has attorneys on the Attorney General's his or her staff;
one copy each to the Secretary of State of the United States, each Indian tribal court located in the State of Nebraska, the library of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Adjutant General, the Air National Guard, the Commissioner of Education, the State Treasurer, the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, the Director of Agriculture, the Director of Administrative Services, the -3- LB1236 LB1236 2026 Director of Economic Development, the director of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems, the Director-State Engineer, the Director of Banking and Finance, the Director of Insurance, the Director of Motor Vehicles, the Director of Veterans' Affairs, the Director of Water, Energy, and Environment, the Director of Correctional Services, the Nebraska Emergency Operating Center, each judge of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court, each commissioner of the Commission of Industrial Relations, the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission, the State Real Estate Commission, the secretary of the Game and Parks Commission, the Board of Pardons, each -8- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 state institution under the Department of Health and Human Services, each state institution under the State Department of Education, the State Surveyor, the Nebraska State Patrol, the materiel division of the Department of Administrative Services, the personnel division of the Department of Administrative Services, the Nebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, each of the Nebraska state colleges, each district judge of the State of Nebraska, each judge of the county court, each judge of a separate juvenile court, the Lieutenant Governor, each United States Senator from Nebraska, each United States Representative from Nebraska, each clerk of the district court for the use of the district court, the clerk of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court, each clerk of the county court, each county attorney, each county public defender, each county law library, and the inmate library at all state penal and correctional institutions, and each member of the Legislature shall be entitled to two complete sets, and two complete sets of such volumes as are necessary to update previously issued volumes, but each member of the Legislature and each judge of any court referred to in this section shall be entitled, on request, to an additional complete set.
49-704 (1) The Revisor of Statutes may, subject to the approval of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, negotiate and enter into a contract without advertising for bids for the editing, printing, -9- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 binding, and publication, under the Revisor's his supervision and direction, of the supplements and reissued or replacement volumes to the statutes of Nebraska.
49-70749-707 The The supplements and reissued or replacement volumes of the statutes of Nebraska shall be sold and distributed by the Clerk of the Legislature Supreme Court at such price as shall be prescribed by the Executive Board of the Legislative Council pursuant to the policy described in section 1 of this act, which price shall be sufficient to recover all costs of publication and distribution.
-10- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 Supplements and reissued volumes shall be furnished and delivered free of charge in the same number and to the same parties as are designated in section 49-617.
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49-170149-1701 (1) (1) Following each statewide election at which an amendment to the Constitution of Nebraska is adopted Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, following each regular session of the Legislature, the Revisor of Statutes shall compile an updated copy of the Constitution of Nebraska, showing all sections as they exist at that time and including notes after the end of each section as follows:
-11- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 (b) If a section is declared unconstitutional or inoperative, in whole or in part, by the final judgment of a federal court or the Nebraska Supreme Court, the Revisor of Statutes shall provide a note to that effect.
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(3) After receiving the certified copy of the Constitution of Nebraska from the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection (2) of this -12- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 section, the Clerk of the Legislature shall:
83-90183-901 The The purpose of sections 49-617, 68-621, 72-249, 72-1302 to 72-1304, 81-101, 81-102, 81-1021, 83-101.08, 83-107.01, 83-108, 83-112, 83-135, 83-139, 83-140, 83-144, 83-145, 83-147 to 83-150, 83-153 to -13- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 83-156, 83-170 to 83-173, 83-186, 83-188, 83-443, and 83-901 to 83-916 is to establish an agency of state government for the custody, study, care, discipline, training, and treatment of persons in the correctional and detention institutions and for the study, training, and treatment of persons under the supervision of other correctional services of the state so that they may be prepared for lawful community living.
(2) To keep a register of all such commissions specifying the person to whom granted, the office conferred, the date of signing the commission, and, -5- LB1236 LB1236 2026 when bond or an equivalent commercial insurance policy is taken, the date and amount thereof and the names of the sureties;
(b) In coordination with the Governor, the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Agriculture, and other interested federal, state, and local officials, to actively seek appropriate contacts with other officials in nations with which the state has or desires to have -14- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 active trade, cultural, or educational relations;
(2) The Secretary of State shall use the Secretary of State Cash Fund for the administration of the office of the Secretary of State, including duties of the Secretary of State relating to oaths and bonds under Chapter 11, corporations and other business entities under Chapter 21, address confidentiality under Chapter 42, collection agencies and credit service organizations under Chapter 45, distribution of session laws and legislative journals under Chapter 49, liens, including effective financing statements and the master lien list, under Chapter 52, notaries public under Chapter 64, partnerships under Chapter 67, debt management under Chapter 69, private detectives under Chapter 71, truth and deception examiners under Chapter 81, administrative duties, the Great Seal of the State of Nebraska, and rules and regulations, under -15- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 Chapter 84, trade names, trademarks, and service marks under Chapter 87, and the Uniform Commercial Code, and any other administrative duties as deemed necessary by the Secretary of State.
84-1205.0284-1205.02 Except Except as provided in sections 49-509, 52-1316 , and 60-483 and article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, the board may establish reasonable fees for electronic access to (1) public records or (2) electronic information and services, through the portal.
85-176 The85-176 The following publications of the State of Nebraska shall, as they are from time to time issued, be delivered by the respective officer having custody thereof to the library of the College of Law of the University of Nebraska:
-16- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 (4) One copy each of the annual and biennial reports of the state officers who are required by law to make an annual or biennial report;
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85-17785-177 In In order to enable the library of the College of Law to augment its collections, the librarian of the College of Law of the University of Nebraska is authorized to requisition from the respective officer having custody thereof up to one hundred copies of the following state publications:
Original sections 49-501, 49-501.01, 49-502, 49-503, -17- ER148 ER148 LB1236 LB1236 MJP - 03/17/2026 MJP - 03/17/2026 49-504, 49-505, 49-507, 49-508, 49-509, and 49-509.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and sections 49-506 and 49-617, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2025, are repealed.
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On page 1, strike beginning with "the" in line 1 through line 9 and insert "the Legislature;
to amend sections 49-501, 49-501.01, 49-502, 49-503, 49-504, 49-505, 49-507, 49-508, 49-509, 49-509.01, 49-704, 49-708, 49-1701, 83-901, 84-502, 84-512, 84-1205.02, 85-176, and 85-177, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, section 49-707, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, and sections 49-506 and 49-617, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2025;
to change provisions relating to the publication, printing, and distribution of the Legislative Journal, the session laws, and the statutes of Nebraska;
to change provisions relating to compiling the Constitution of Nebraska;
to change, provide, and eliminate powers and duties of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, the Supreme Court, the Secretary of State, the Clerk of the Legislature, the Revisor of Statutes, county clerks, and the State Librarian;
to change provisions relating to certain funds;
to harmonize provisions;
to provide operative dates;
to repeal the original sections;
and to declare an emergency.".
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View plain text versions (5)
- Chaptered Slip Law Current pdf
- Enrolled Enrollment and Review ER148 pdf
- Final Reading View text pdf
- Executive Board AM2143 View text pdf
- Introduced View text pdf
Action History
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Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026
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Provisions/portions of LB1065 amended into LB1236 by AM2143
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Dispensing of reading at large approved
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Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0
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President/Speaker signed
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Presented to Governor on April 9, 2026
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Placed on Final Reading
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Enrollment and Review ER148 adopted
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Kauth FA896 withdrawn
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Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
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Placed on Select File with ER148
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Enrollment and Review ER148 filed
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Executive Board AM2143 adopted
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Hansen AM1983 withdrawn
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Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
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Speaker priority bill
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Placed on General File with AM2143
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Executive Board AM2143 filed
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Hansen AM1983 filed
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Notice of hearing for February 11, 2026
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Referred to Executive Board
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Kauth FA896 filed
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Date of introduction
Sponsors
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Sponsors (1)
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Co-sponsors (0)
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Not signed on (48)
48 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (49)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Ashlei Spivey | — | Yea |
| Barry DeKay | — | Yea |
| Beau Ballard | — | Yea |
| Ben Hansen | — | Yea |
| Bob Andersen | — | Yea |
| Bob Hallstrom | — | Yea |
| Brian Hardin | — | Yea |
| Carolyn Bosn | — | Yea |
| Christy Armendariz | — | Yea |
| Dan Lonowski | — | Yea |
| Dan Quick | — | Yea |
| Danielle Conrad | — | Yea |
| Dave Murman | — | Yea |
| Dave Wordekemper | — | Yea |
| Dunixi Guereca | — | Yea |
| Eliot Bostar | — | Yea |
| Fred Meyer | — | Yea |
| George Dungan | — | Yea |
| Glen Meyer | — | Yea |
| Jana Hughes | — | Yea |
| Jane Raybould | — | Yea |
| Jared Storm | — | Yea |
| Jason Prokop | — | Yea |
| John Arch | — | Yea |
| John Cavanaugh | — | Yea |
| John Fredrickson | — | Yea |
| Kathleen Kauth | — | Yea |
| Loren Lippincott | — | Yea |
| Machaela Cavanaugh | — | Yea |
| Margo Juarez | — | Yea |
| Megan Hunt | — | Yea |
| Merv Riepe | — | Yea |
| Mike Jacobson | — | Yea |
| Mike Moser | — | Yea |
| Myron Dorn | — | Yea |
| Paul Strommen | — | Yea |
| R. Brad von Gillern | — | Yea |
| Rick Holdcroft | — | Yea |
| Rita Sanders | — | Yea |
| Robert Clements | — | Yea |
| Robert Dover | — | Yea |
| Stan Clouse | — | Yea |
| Tanya Storer | — | Yea |
| Teresa Ibach | — | Yea |
| Terrell McKinney | — | Yea |
| Tom Brandt | — | Yea |
| Tony Sorrentino | — | Yea |
| Victor Rountree | — | Yea |
| Wendy DeBoer | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 29 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Total | 29 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| % of votes cast | 59% | 0% | 0% | 41% |
How each member voted (49)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 29 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Total | 29 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| % of votes cast | 59% | 0% | 0% | 41% |
How each member voted (49)
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