Nebraska Legislature Bill 261

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Nonpartisan
Status: Passed on May 27 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-06 - Provisions/portions of LB627 amended into LB261 by AM832
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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

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

Sen. John Arch [N]

2025-05-15 - Legislature - Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 37-11-1 (Y: 37 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-12 - Legislature - Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment (Y: 39 N: 6 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-12 - Legislature - Clements AM1320 adopted (Y: 37 N: 2 NV: 9 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-12 - Legislature - Speaker Arch MO244 prevailed (Y: 35 N: 5 NV: 8 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-12 - Legislature - Bosn AM1386 adopted (Y: 40 N: 2 NV: 6 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-12 - Legislature - Murman AM1429 adopted (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-12 - Legislature - Dover AM1384 adopted (Y: 30 N: 11 NV: 6 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-05-12 - Legislature - Murman AM1408 lost (Y: 17 N: 26 NV: 4 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2025-05-12 - Legislature - DeBoer AM1410 adopted (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-05-12 - Legislature - Clements AM1407 adopted (Y: 35 N: 1 NV: 12 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-12 - Legislature - Holdcroft AM1379 adopted (Y: 26 N: 17 NV: 5 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-06 - Legislature - Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial (Y: 37 N: 6 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-05-06 - Legislature - Appropriations AM832 adopted (Y: 38 N: 5 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-05-06 - Legislature - Speaker Arch MO225 adopted (Y: 35 N: 6 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-05-06 - Legislature - Guereca AM1264 adopted (Y: 29 N: 7 NV: 12 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-06 - Legislature - Cavanaugh, M. AM1303 lost (Y: 4 N: 32 NV: 12 Abs: 1) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-06-06	Legislature	Provisions/portions of LB627 amended into LB261 by AM832
2025-06-06	Legislature	Provisions/portions of LB621 amended into LB261 by AM832
2025-06-06	Legislature	Provisions/portions of LB581 amended into LB261 by AM832
2025-06-06	Legislature	Provisions/portions of LB580 amended into LB261 by AM832
2025-06-06	Legislature	Provisions/portions of LB505 amended into LB261 by AM832
2025-06-06	Legislature	Provisions/portions of LB452 amended into LB261 by AM832
2025-06-06	Legislature	Provisions/portions of LB348 amended into LB261 by AM1386
2025-06-06	Legislature	Provisions/portions of LB284 amended into LB261 by AM1264
2025-06-06	Legislature	Provisions/portions of LB173 amended into LB261 by AM832
2025-06-06	Legislature	Provisions/portions of LB57 amended into LB261 by AM832
2025-06-06	Legislature	Provisions/portions of LB55 amended into LB261 by AM832
2025-05-27	Legislature	Approved by Governor on May 21, 2025
2025-05-22	Legislature	Communication
2025-05-19	Legislature	Presented to Governor on May 15, 2025
2025-05-15	Legislature	President/Speaker signed
2025-05-15	Legislature	Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 37-11-1
2025-05-15	Legislature	Dispensing of reading at large approved
2025-05-15	Legislature	Spivey AM1423 not considered
2025-05-15	Legislature	Motion to return to Select File withdrawn
2025-05-15	Legislature	Spivey AM1366 not considered
2025-05-15	Legislature	Motion to return to Select File withdrawn
2025-05-15	Legislature	DeBoer AM1377 withdrawn
2025-05-15	Legislature	Cavanaugh, M. AM1461 not considered
2025-05-15	Legislature	Motion to return to Select File withdrawn
2025-05-14	Legislature	Cavanaugh, M. AM1461 filed
2025-05-13	Legislature	Placed on Final Reading
2025-05-12	Legislature	Spivey AM1423 to AM1320 filed
2025-05-12	Legislature	DeBoer AM1377 to AM1320 filed
2025-05-12	Legislature	Spivey AM1366 to AM1320 filed
2025-05-12	Legislature	Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
2025-05-12	Legislature	Clements AM1320 adopted
2025-05-12	Legislature	Bosn AM1386 adopted
2025-05-12	Legislature	Speaker Arch MO244 prevailed
2025-05-12	Legislature	Speaker Arch MO244 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed
2025-05-12	Legislature	Bosn AM1386 to AM1320 filed
2025-05-12	Legislature	Murman AM1429 adopted
2025-05-12	Legislature	Murman AM1429 to AM1320 filed
2025-05-12	Legislature	Dover AM1384 adopted
2025-05-12	Legislature	Dover AM1384 to AM1320 filed
2025-05-12	Legislature	Murman AM1408 lost
2025-05-12	Legislature	Murman AM1408 to AM1320 filed
2025-05-12	Legislature	DeBoer AM1410 adopted
2025-05-12	Legislature	DeBoer AM1410 pending
2025-05-12	Legislature	DeBoer AM1410 to AM1320 filed
2025-05-12	Legislature	Clements AM1407 adopted
2025-05-12	Legislature	Clements AM1407 to AM1320 filed
2025-05-12	Legislature	Clements AM1320 pending
2025-05-12	Legislature	Holdcroft AM1379 adopted
2025-05-12	Legislature	Holdcroft AM1379 to AM1320 filed
2025-05-12	Legislature	Clements AM1320 pending
2025-05-12	Legislature	Clements FA157 withdrawn
2025-05-09	Legislature	Placed on Select File
2025-05-09	Legislature	Clements AM1320 filed
2025-05-06	Legislature	Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
2025-05-06	Legislature	Appropriations AM832 adopted
2025-05-06	Legislature	Speaker Arch MO225 prevailed
2025-05-06	Legislature	Speaker Arch MO225 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed
2025-05-06	Legislature	Guereca AM1264 adopted
2025-05-06	Legislature	Guereca AM1264 to AM832 filed
2025-05-06	Legislature	Cavanaugh, M. AM1303 lost
2025-05-06	Legislature	Appropriations AM832 pending
2025-05-06	Legislature	Cavanaugh, M. AM1303 pending
2025-05-06	Legislature	Cavanaugh, M. AM1303 to AM832 filed
2025-05-06	Legislature	Meyer AM1246 withdrawn
2025-05-06	Legislature	Appropriations AM832 pending
2025-05-06	Legislature	Meyer AM1246 pending
2025-05-06	Legislature	Appropriations AM832 pending
2025-04-30	Legislature	Speaker Major Proposal
2025-04-30	Legislature	Meyer AM1246 to AM832 filed
2025-04-29	Legislature	Clements FA157 to AM832 filed
2025-04-29	Legislature	Appropriations AM832 filed
2025-04-29	Legislature	Placed on General File with AM832
2025-02-04	Legislature	Notice of hearing for February 18, 2025
2025-01-17	Legislature	Referred to Appropriations Committee
2025-01-15	Legislature	Date of introduction

Type	Source
Summary	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=59125
Text	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB261.pdf
Text	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB261.pdf
Text	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Engrossed/LB261.pdf
Text	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB261.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM832.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/FA157.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1246.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1264.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1303.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/MO225.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1320.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1386.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1384.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1379.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1423.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1366.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1377.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/MO244.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1407.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1410.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1408.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1429.pdf
Amendment	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1461.pdf
Supplement	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/SI/LB261.pdf
Supplement	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/FN/LB261_20250214-121109.pdf
Supplement	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/CS/LB261.pdf
Supplement	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/FN/LB261_20250508-101000.pdf
Supplement	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/FN/LB261_20250514-094356.pdf
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12374
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12377
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12380
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12381
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12382
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12495
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12496
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12498
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12501
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12502
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12504
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12508
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12507
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12509
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12510
Roll Call	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_votes.php?KeyID=12674