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Read. Follow. Verify.Nebraska Legislature adopts operating rules for the One Hundred Ninth Legislature
Last action · June 6, 2025: Provisions/portions of LB191 amended into LB311 by AM1111
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What This Bill Proposed
The Nebraska Unicameral Legislature adopts its operating rules for the 2025-2026 legislative session, establishing procedures for officers, committees, bill consideration, floor proceedings, appropriations, special sessions, and ethics challenges.
Changes internal legislative procedures and deadlines governing how state laws are drafted, heard, debated, and passed during the 2025-2026 biennium.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
State Senators
Senators must abide by new bill limits, speaking time restrictions, and committee procedural requirements.
Standing Committees
Committees are subject to specific notice requirements, hearing deadlines, and subject-matter jurisdiction rules.
Key Facts
- Officers to be elected at the commencement of each regular session in odd-numbered years include the Speaker, Chairperson of Committee on Committees, Chairperson of Executive Board, Vice Chairperson of Executive Board, and 6 Members of Executive Board.
- Individual members are limited to no more than 20 bills introduced at any one session starting with the 2025 legislative session.
- Standing committees shall meet at 1:30 p.m. on weekdays unless otherwise approved by the Legislature.
- A three-fifths majority of the elected members is required to suspend the permanent rules.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many bills can a state senator introduce per session?
What vote is required to suspend the permanent rules of the Legislature?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.
Procedural history
11 actions- Jun 6, 2025Nebraska LegislatureProvisions/portions of LB191 amended into LB311 by AM1111
- Jun 2, 2025Nebraska LegislatureMotion to suspend rules to indefinitely postpone withdrawn
- Jun 2, 2025Nebraska LegislatureMotion to suspend rules to indefinitely postpone filed
- Jun 2, 2025Nebraska LegislatureMotion to suspend rules to indefinitely postpone prevailed
- Jun 2, 2025Nebraska LegislatureIndefinitely postponed
- May 30, 2025Nebraska LegislatureMotion to suspend rules to indefinitely postpone filed
Show 5 earlier actions
- Feb 26, 2025Nebraska LegislaturePlaced on General File with AM394
- Feb 26, 2025Nebraska LegislatureTransportation and Telecommunications AM394 filed
- Jan 31, 2025Nebraska LegislatureNotice of hearing for February 10, 2025
- Jan 15, 2025Nebraska LegislatureReferred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee
- Jan 13, 2025Nebraska LegislatureDate of introduction
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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