Nebraska 108th Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Enacted

LB 139 — Change the jurisdictional amount of the Small Claims Court

Last action — Approved by Governor on March 11, 2024

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 06, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jim Pillen (Republican) on March 12, 2024.

Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 2 failed in recorded votes so far.

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.

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor on March 11, 2024

  2. Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 43-0-6

  3. President/Speaker signed

  4. Presented to Governor on March 7, 2024

  5. Placed on Final Reading

  6. Enrollment and Review ER61 adopted

  7. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  8. Placed on Select File with ER61

  9. Enrollment and Review ER61 filed

  10. Brandt FA212 filed

  11. Brandt FA212 adopted

  12. Judiciary AM1518 adopted

  13. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  14. Title printed. Carryover bill

  15. Placed on General File with AM1518

  16. Judiciary AM1518 filed

  17. Notice of hearing for March 03, 2023

  18. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  19. Date of introduction

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.

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Votes

Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 43-0-6

Passed 43 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 43006
Total 43006
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Aguilar — Yea
Albrecht — Yea
Day — Yea
Slama — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Bostelman — Yea
Linehan — Yea
Walz — Yea
Brewer — Yea
Erdman — Yea
Lowe — Yea
Wayne — Yea
McDonnell — Yea
Wishart — Yea
Halloran — Yea
Blood — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Yea
Brian Hardin — Yea
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Cavanaugh, J. — Yea
Cavanaugh, M. — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Not Voting
Danielle Conrad — Yea
Dave Murman — Yea
Eliot Bostar — Yea
George Dungan — Yea
Hansen, B. — Yea
Jana Hughes — Not Voting
Jane Raybould — Not Voting
John Arch — Yea
John Fredrickson — Yea
Kathleen Kauth — Yea
Loren Lippincott — Yea
Megan Hunt — Not Voting
Merv Riepe — Yea
Meyer, F. — Yea
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Not Voting
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Yea
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Yea
Tom Brandt — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Yea
von Gillern — Yea

Official roll call →

Judiciary AM1518 adopted

Failed 31 Yea · 0 Nay · 18 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 310018
Total 310018
% of votes cast 63%0%0%37%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Aguilar — Yea
Day — Yea
Blood — Yea
Bostelman — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Erdman — Yea
Lowe — Yea
McDonnell — Yea
Wayne — Yea
Halloran — Yea
Brewer — Not Voting
Slama — Not Voting
Wishart — Not Voting
Albrecht — Not Voting
Linehan — Not Voting
Walz — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Not Voting
Beau Ballard — Not Voting
Brian Hardin — Not Voting
Carolyn Bosn — Not Voting
Cavanaugh, J. — Yea
Cavanaugh, M. — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Yea
Dave Murman — Yea
Eliot Bostar — Not Voting
George Dungan — Not Voting
Hansen, B. — Not Voting
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Not Voting
John Arch — Yea
John Fredrickson — Yea
Kathleen Kauth — Not Voting
Loren Lippincott — Not Voting
Megan Hunt — Yea
Merv Riepe — Yea
Meyer, F. — Yea
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Not Voting
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Not Voting
Tom Brandt — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Yea
von Gillern — Yea

Official roll call →

Brandt FA212 adopted

Failed 31 Yea · 0 Nay · 18 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 310018
Total 310018
% of votes cast 63%0%0%37%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Aguilar — Yea
Day — Yea
Blood — Yea
Bostelman — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Erdman — Yea
Linehan — Yea
Halloran — Yea
McDonnell — Yea
Wayne — Yea
Brewer — Not Voting
Slama — Not Voting
Wishart — Not Voting
Albrecht — Not Voting
Lowe — Not Voting
Walz — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Not Voting
Beau Ballard — Not Voting
Brian Hardin — Not Voting
Carolyn Bosn — Not Voting
Cavanaugh, J. — Yea
Cavanaugh, M. — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Yea
Dave Murman — Yea
Eliot Bostar — Not Voting
George Dungan — Not Voting
Hansen, B. — Not Voting
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Not Voting
John Arch — Yea
John Fredrickson — Not Voting
Kathleen Kauth — Yea
Loren Lippincott — Not Voting
Megan Hunt — Yea
Merv Riepe — Yea
Meyer, F. — Yea
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Not Voting
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Not Voting
Tom Brandt — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Yea
von Gillern — Yea

Official roll call →

Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 16 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 330016
Total 330016
% of votes cast 67%0%0%33%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Day — Yea
Blood — Yea
Bostelman — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Erdman — Yea
Linehan — Yea
McDonnell — Yea
Wayne — Yea
Halloran — Yea
Brewer — Not Voting
Slama — Not Voting
Wishart — Not Voting
Aguilar — Not Voting
Walz — Not Voting
Albrecht — Not Voting
Lowe — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Not Voting
Beau Ballard — Not Voting
Brian Hardin — Not Voting
Carolyn Bosn — Not Voting
Cavanaugh, J. — Yea
Cavanaugh, M. — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Yea
Dave Murman — Yea
Eliot Bostar — Not Voting
George Dungan — Yea
Hansen, B. — Not Voting
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Not Voting
John Arch — Yea
John Fredrickson — Yea
Kathleen Kauth — Yea
Loren Lippincott — Not Voting
Megan Hunt — Yea
Merv Riepe — Yea
Meyer, F. — Yea
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Not Voting
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Yea
Tom Brandt — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Yea
von Gillern — Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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LB 139 is sponsored by Tom Brandt.
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