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Nebraska Unicameral Legislature adopts permanent operating rules for the 109th Legislature

Original title: Provide, change, and eliminate transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and various other funds and change, terminate, and eliminate various statutory programs

Last action · June 6, 2025: Provisions/portions of LB348 amended into LB264 by AM1389

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What This Bill Does

The Nebraska Legislature establishes and amends procedural rules governing officers, committees, bill introduction, floor debate, appropriations, and investigations for the 2025-2026 legislative session.

Why it matters

Changes internal legislative procedures, committee jurisdictions, bill introduction limits, and floor debate rules for senators and state agencies operating during the 109th legislative session.

Who It Affects

Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Nebraska state senators

Senators are subject to bill introduction limits, speaking time restrictions, and procedural rules governing floor debate and committee assignments.

Directly affected

Registered lobbyists

Lobbyists are prohibited from entering the legislative floor and must maintain registration recorded in the Journal.

Directly affected

State agencies

Agency budgets, programs, and officials are subject to committee review, hearings, and fiscal note requirements.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many bills can an individual senator introduce in a session?
Starting with the 2025 legislative session, individual members are limited to no more than 20 bills introduced at any one session.
What vote is required to amend the permanent rules of the Legislature?
Permanent rules may be amended by a three-fifths majority vote of the members elected, after being referred to the Committee on Rules.
When do standing committees normally meet?
Standing committees meet at 1:30 p.m. on weekdays unless otherwise approved by the Legislature, except for the Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee.

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Where This Stands

Current status: Signed into law.

Procedural history

127 actions
  1. Jun 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Provisions/portions of LB348 amended into LB264 by AM1389
  2. Jun 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Provisions/portions of LB451 amended into LB264 by AM835
  3. May 27, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Approved by Governor on May 21, 2025
  4. May 22, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Communication
  5. May 19, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Presented to Governor on May 15, 2025
  6. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, M. AM1468 filed
Show 121 earlier actions
  1. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Motion to return to Select File withdrawn
  2. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, M. AM1468 not considered
  3. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, J. FA213 withdrawn
  4. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    DeBoer AM1390 withdrawn
  5. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Holdcroft FA209 withdrawn
  6. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Conrad AM1399 withdrawn
  7. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, M. FA224 withdrawn
  8. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Raybould AM1433 withdrawn
  9. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Motion to return to Select File withdrawn
  10. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, M. FA223 not considered
  11. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Spivey FA203 withdrawn
  12. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Motion to return to Select File withdrawn
  13. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, M. FA225 not considered
  14. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Motion to return to Select File withdrawn
  15. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, M. FA226 not considered
  16. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Raybould AM1420 withdrawn
  17. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Motion to return to Select File withdrawn
  18. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney FA205 not considered
  19. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Motion to return to Select File failed
  20. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney FA206 not considered
  21. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Motion to return to Select File withdrawn
  22. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Conrad AM1400 not considered
  23. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Dispensing of reading at large approved
  24. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 35-13-1
  25. May 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    President/Speaker signed
  26. May 13, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Placed on Final Reading with ST37
  27. May 13, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Enrollment and Review ST37 filed
  28. May 13, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Enrollment and Review ST37 recorded
  29. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Enrollment and Review ER77 adopted
  30. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Dungan AM1332 withdrawn
  31. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney AM1324 withdrawn
  32. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Conrad AM1327 withdrawn
  33. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Conrad AM1331 withdrawn
  34. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Conrad AM1330 withdrawn
  35. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, J. AM1325 withdrawn
  36. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Raybould AM1321 withdrawn
  37. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney FA174 withdrawn
  38. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney FA176 withdrawn
  39. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, M. AM1295 withdrawn
  40. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Hallstrom AM1294 withdrawn
  41. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Raybould FA160 withdrawn
  42. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements FA159 withdrawn
  43. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Spivey FA186 withdrawn
  44. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements AM1322 withdrawn
  45. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements AM1396 filed
  46. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements AM1396 adopted
  47. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Bosn AM1389 filed
  48. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Bosn AM1389 adopted
  49. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Hallstrom AM1402 filed
  50. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Hallstrom AM1402 adopted
  51. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements AM1428 filed
  52. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements AM1428 adopted
  53. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Sanders AM1403 filed
  54. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Sanders AM1403 adopted
  55. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Conrad AM1401 filed
  56. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Conrad AM1401 lost
  57. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney AM1427 filed
  58. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney AM1427 pending
  59. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney AM1427 lost
  60. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements FA222 filed
  61. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Speaker Arch MO245 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed
  62. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Speaker Arch MO245 prevailed
  63. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements FA222 adopted
  64. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
  65. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    DeBoer AM1390 filed
  66. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney FA205 filed
  67. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney FA206 filed
  68. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Holdcroft FA209 filed
  69. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Raybould AM1420 filed
  70. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, J. FA213 to AM1402 filed
  71. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Conrad AM1399 filed
  72. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Conrad AM1400 filed
  73. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Raybould AM1433 filed
  74. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, M. FA223 filed
  75. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, M. FA224 to AM1399 filed
  76. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, M. FA225 filed
  77. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, M. FA226 filed
  78. May 12, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Spivey FA203 filed
  79. May 9, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Placed on Select File with ER77
  80. May 9, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Enrollment and Review ER77 filed
  81. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Appropriations AM835 pending
  82. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Appropriations AM835 pending
  83. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements AM1300 to AM835 filed
  84. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements AM1300 pending
  85. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements AM1300 adopted
  86. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Hughes AM1298 adopted
  87. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Hallstrom AM1294 withdrawn
  88. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Hallstrom AM1294 refiled
  89. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Dungan AM1328 to AM835 filed
  90. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Speaker Arch MO231 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed
  91. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Speaker Arch MO231 prevailed
  92. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Dungan AM1328 lost
  93. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Appropriations AM835 adopted
  94. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
  95. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements AM1322 to AM835 filed
  96. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Dungan AM1332 to AM835 filed
  97. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney AM1324 to AM835 filed
  98. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Conrad AM1327 to AM835 filed
  99. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Conrad AM1331 to AM835 filed
  100. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Conrad AM1330 to AM835 filed
  101. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, J. AM1325 filed
  102. May 7, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Spivey FA186 filed
  103. May 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Appropriations AM835 pending
  104. May 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Meyer AM1247 withdrawn
  105. May 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Raybould AM1245 lost
  106. May 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Cavanaugh, M. AM1295 to AM835 filed
  107. May 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Hughes AM1298 to AM835 filed
  108. May 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney FA174 to AM835 filed
  109. May 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    McKinney FA176 to AM835 filed
  110. May 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Hallstrom AM1294 to AM835 filed
  111. May 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Raybould AM1321 to AM835 filed
  112. Apr 30, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Meyer AM1247 to AM835 filed
  113. Apr 30, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Raybould AM1245 to AM835 filed
  114. Apr 30, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Speaker Major Proposal
  115. Apr 29, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Placed on General File with AM835
  116. Apr 29, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Appropriations AM835 filed
  117. Apr 29, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Clements FA159 to AM835 filed
  118. Apr 29, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Raybould FA160 to AM835 filed
  119. Feb 4, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Notice of hearing for February 18, 2025
  120. Jan 17, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Referred to Appropriations Committee
  121. Jan 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
    Date of introduction

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Connected Entities

Rules Committee, Brandon Metzler, Appropriations Committee and 4 more
OrganizationRules Committee“Committee considering proposed rule changes.”Map →
PersonBrandon Metzler“Clerk of the Legislature publishing the rules.”Map →
OrganizationAppropriations Committee“Standing committee handling budget and appropriations.”Map →
OrganizationCommittee on Committees“Standing committee responsible for committee appointments.”Map →
OrganizationNebraska Unicameral Legislature“Governing legislative body adopting the rules.”Map →
OrganizationReference Committee“Committee reviewing and referring bills and resolutions.”Map →
OrganizationExecutive Board“Executive Board of the Legislative Council.”Map →

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