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Read. Follow. Verify.Nebraska Legislature sets rules and procedures for bills, committees, and officers under LB258
Last action · February 10, 2026: Approved by Governor on February 9, 2026
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What This Bill Does
The Nebraska Legislature establishes formal operating rules for the One Hundred Ninth Legislature, governing officer elections, committee jurisdictions, bill processing stages, and floor debate requirements. The rules set specific procedures for introducing bills, conducting public hearings, and managing appropriations processes.
The measure establishes the internal operating procedures and constitutional compliance rules that govern how bills are introduced, debated, and voted on by lawmakers in the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature.
- The Nebraska Legislature operates as a single-chamber, nonpartisan body known as the Unicameral. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State Senators
State senators must comply with rules regarding speaking time limits, bill introduction caps, committee attendance, and priority bill designations.
Legislative Committees
Standing and select committees are subject to rules governing subject-matter jurisdiction, public hearing notices, reporting deadlines, and subpoena procedures.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
90 actions- Feb 10, 2026Nebraska LegislatureApproved by Governor on February 9, 2026
- Feb 6, 2026Nebraska LegislaturePresented to Governor on February 5, 2026
- Feb 5, 2026Nebraska LegislatureRaybould MO395 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed
- Feb 5, 2026Nebraska LegislatureRaybould MO395 prevailed
- Feb 5, 2026Nebraska LegislatureRaybould MO323 failed
- Feb 5, 2026Nebraska LegislatureRaybould AM1605 not considered
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- Feb 5, 2026Nebraska LegislatureRaybould AM1606 not considered
- Feb 5, 2026Nebraska LegislaturePassed on Final Reading 33-16-0
- Feb 5, 2026Nebraska LegislaturePresident/Speaker signed
- Feb 3, 2026Nebraska LegislatureStrommen priority bill
- Jan 7, 2026Nebraska LegislatureTitle printed. Carryover bill
- May 28, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould AM1605 filed
- May 28, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould AM1606 filed
- May 28, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould MO323 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed
- May 22, 2025Nebraska LegislatureBallard MO256 prevailed
- May 22, 2025Nebraska LegislatureSorrentino MO279 not considered
- May 20, 2025Nebraska LegislatureSorrentino MO279 Reconsider the vote taken on the final passage filed
- May 15, 2025Nebraska LegislatureCorrection
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould FA26 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould FA25 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould AM15 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould AM14 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO149 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad FA76 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad FA77 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad FA73 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad FA74 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad FA78 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad FA75 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureClouse AM1077 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO8 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO148 withdrawn
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureFailed on Final Reading 31-17*-1
- May 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureBallard MO256 Reconsider the vote taken on LB258 filed
- May 6, 2025Nebraska LegislaturePlaced on Final Reading
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO146 failed
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO217 Reconsider the vote taken on MO146 filed
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO217 failed
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO147 pending
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO147 failed
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO218 Reconsider the vote taken on MO147 filed
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO218 failed
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould AM1254 filed
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureObjection to unanimous consent request to substitute amendment
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould MO221 Withdraw AM880 and substitute AM1254 filed
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould MO222 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould MO222 prevailed
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould MO221 prevailed
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould AM880 withdrawn
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould AM1254 adopted
- Apr 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- Apr 15, 2025Nebraska LegislatureClouse AM1077 to AM880 filed
- Apr 8, 2025Nebraska LegislaturePlaced on Select File
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO7 failed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO145 filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO145 pending
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO145 failed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureBusiness and Labor AM272 pending
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO9 pending
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould AM880 filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad FA73 to AM880 filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad FA74 filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad FA75 filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad FA76 filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad FA77 filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad FA78 to FA74 filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO146 Bracket until June 9, 2025 filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO147 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO148 Indefinitely postpone filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO149 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould MO150 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould MO150 prevailed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO9 failed
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureBusiness and Labor AM272 adopted
- Apr 1, 2025Nebraska LegislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- Mar 31, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO7 pending
- Mar 31, 2025Nebraska LegislatureMurman name added
- Mar 5, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould priority bill
- Feb 28, 2025Nebraska LegislaturePlaced on General File with AM272
- Feb 28, 2025Nebraska LegislatureBusiness and Labor AM272 filed
- Feb 28, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould FA25 to AM272 filed
- Feb 28, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould FA26 to AM272 filed
- Feb 5, 2025Nebraska LegislatureNotice of hearing for February 24, 2025
- Jan 24, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould AM14 filed
- Jan 24, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould AM15 filed
- Jan 16, 2025Nebraska LegislatureReferred to Business and Labor Committee
- Jan 15, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO7 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6, Sec. 3(f) filed
- Jan 15, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO8 Recommit to the Business and Labor Committee filed
- Jan 15, 2025Nebraska LegislatureConrad MO9 Bracket until June 9, 2025 filed
- Jan 14, 2025Nebraska LegislatureDate of introduction
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Bill Introduction Limits
The rules impose a strict limit of 20 bill introductions per individual member starting with the 2025 legislative session.
Sources
nebraskalegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance80How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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