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Read. Follow. Verify.Nebraska Legislature Considers Changes to Entertainment Districts Under the Liquor Control Act
Last action · June 6, 2025: Provisions/portions of LB186 amended into LB113 by AM843
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What This Bill Proposed
The measure proposes changes to provisions governed by the Nebraska Liquor Control Act. The bill was introduced during the 109th Legislature and later had portions amended into another legislative vehicle.
Changes statutory rules regarding s for liquor licensees and municipalities across the state.
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.
Liquor License Holders
Operating rules and district boundaries for businesses serving alcohol may be altered by changes to entertainment district statutes.
Key Facts
- The measure relates to entertainment districts under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act.
- The bill was introduced during the 109th Legislature and later had portions amended into another legislative vehicle.
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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This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.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 LB186 amended into LB113 by AM843
- Jun 2, 2025Nebraska LegislatureMotion to suspend rules to indefinitely postpone withdrawn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
- Jan 24, 2025Nebraska LegislatureNotice of hearing for February 03, 2025
- Jan 15, 2025Nebraska LegislatureReferred to General Affairs Committee
- Jan 15, 2025Nebraska LegislatureRaybould name added
- Jan 13, 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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Full breakdown
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Provisions Merged into Another Bill
Portions of LB186 were amended into LB113 during the legislative session.
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Sources
nebraskalegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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