All Roll Calls
Yes: 84 • No: 1
NebraskaLB105109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessionslegislature
Change procedures for voting or election precincts for public power districts
Sponsored By: Jana Hughes
Signed by Governor
Natural Resources Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
District maps can follow precincts
Public power districts can change operating area lines to match whole or split voting precincts or county lines. Retail service areas are listed by whole or split precincts, and wholesale areas by whole counties. Districts can split voting precincts for maps and elections, but the Secretary of State must approve splits described by section, township, and range. These changes can shift which homes and voters fall inside a district.
New rules for district election areas
Except in districts that contain a metropolitan city, boards can divide the district into two or more election areas using whole or split precincts, with about the same population. Boards may combine areas for elections, and if at least 75% of the people in the combined area live inside a city, directors may be elected at large. Some multi‑county districts with mostly rural customers or with irrigation works can draw areas without population rules if the Nebraska Power Review Board finds rural or irrigation users are not harmed. Districts that include a metropolitan city must draw compact, contiguous, equal‑population areas, number them, and send maps to the Nebraska Power Review Board. If a board had eight areas before January 1, 2014, seats are tied to the numbered areas; terms for 1–3 ended January 2015, 4–5 in January 2017, and 6–8 in January 2019, and successors must live in the area and are elected at statewide elections the year before the term ends.
Voting rights for customers outside territory
If your home is served by a public power district but lies outside its chartered territory, you can ask to vote and to run for its board. Send a written request at least 15 days before the district’s election certification date. The district must mail a notice at least 60 days before it sends certification to the state. You must be a registered voter and otherwise eligible for office. The district must certify your name and voting precinct to the Secretary of State.
Districts must pay added election costs
If a district splits precincts or certifies out‑of‑territory customers to vote, it must send the needed details with its election certification. The district must pay any extra county election costs within 30 days after the county bills it.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jana Hughes
legislature
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 4/3/2025
Final Reading
Yes: 46 • No: 1
legislature vote • 3/10/2025
Vote
Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on April 7, 2025
4/8/2025legislaturePassed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-1*-2
4/3/2025legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
4/3/2025legislaturePresented to Governor on April 3, 2025
4/3/2025legislaturePlaced on Final Reading
3/26/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
3/18/2025legislaturePlaced on Select File
3/11/2025legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
3/10/2025legislaturePlaced on General File
2/18/2025legislatureNotice of hearing for February 12, 2025
2/5/2025legislatureRereferred to Natural Resources Committee
1/30/2025legislatureReferred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
1/14/2025legislatureRaybould name added
1/13/2025legislatureDate of introduction
1/10/2025legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
4/8/2025
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted