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LB 159NEBRASKASession 109State Billdead

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Nebraska Unicameral Legislature adopts legislative rules for the 2025-2026 session

Original title: Provide for sentencing consideration of a defendant's status as a victim of abuse or trafficking

Last action · June 6, 2025: Provisions/portions of LB159 amended into LB78 by AM737

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What This Bill Proposed

The Nebraska Unicameral Legislature adopted its permanent rules of procedure on January 24, 2025, governing officer elections, committee operations, bill stages, and voting requirements for the 109th Legislature.

Why it matters

Changes internal legislative operating procedures, committee jurisdiction rules, floor debate limits, and bill-processing deadlines for all measures considered by the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature during the 2025-2026 biennium.

Background

The Nebraska Unicameral Legislature operates as the nation's only unicameral, nonpartisan state legislature. context

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.

Directly affected

Members of the Legislature

Senators must comply with introduced bill limits, speaking time restrictions, and procedural rules outlined for debate and voting.

Directly affected

Legislative Officers and Employees

Officers and staff are subject to administrative rules regarding chamber access, duties, and employment terms.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many bills can an individual senator introduce per 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?

The permanent rules may be amended by a three-fifths majority vote of the members elected, after being referred to the Committee on Rules for consideration and report.

When do standing committees normally meet?

Standing committees shall meet at 1:30 p.m. on weekdays, unless otherwise approved by the Legislature.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.

Procedural history

11 actions

Jun 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
Provisions/portions of LB159 amended into LB78 by AM737
Jun 2, 2025Nebraska Legislature
Motion to suspend rules to indefinitely postpone withdrawn
Jun 2, 2025Nebraska Legislature
Motion to suspend rules to indefinitely postpone filed
Jun 2, 2025Nebraska Legislature
Motion to suspend rules to indefinitely postpone prevailed
Jun 2, 2025Nebraska Legislature
Indefinitely postponed
May 30, 2025Nebraska Legislature
Motion to suspend rules to indefinitely postpone filed

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Mar 20, 2025Nebraska Legislature
Placed on General File
Feb 6, 2025Nebraska Legislature
Notice of hearing for March 12, 2025
Jan 17, 2025Nebraska Legislature
Raybould name added
Jan 15, 2025Nebraska Legislature
Referred to Judiciary Committee
Jan 13, 2025Nebraska Legislature
Date of introduction

Version history

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Full breakdown

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Sources

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Analysis Score

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Significance20
Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
Controversy10
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