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NebraskaLB1071109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET
Provide, change, and eliminate provisions related to appropriations for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027
Sponsored By: Speaker Arch
Signed by Governor
Appropriations Committee
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78 provisions identified: 58 benefits, 9 costs, 11 mixed.
Aid for disabilities and brain injury
The law gives $500,000 each year to carry out the Brain Injury Assistance Act. It also provides $300,000 each year to a 501(c)(3) for health screening, sports, education, and leadership training for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities.
Drug donation, disposal, and poison help
The law funds a prescription drug donation program with $475,000 in FY2025-26 and $475,000 in FY2026-27. It provides $289,416 each year to contract for a statewide drug disposal project. It also gives $200,000 each year to UNMC for the Poison Control Center.
More CHIP funding for kids
The state provides $36 million in Cash Funds in FY2025-26 and $36 million in FY2026-27 for Children’s Health Insurance. The money is state aid and can only be used for children’s coverage.
More support for moms and newborns
The law provides $1.1 million each year for evidence-based home visiting for families. It also allows up to $70,000 General Funds and up to $130,000 Cash Funds each year to contract with UNMC for perinatal quality improvement.
Tuition help for EMS responders
Up to $542,000 in General Funds is available in FY2025-26 and $542,000 in FY2026-27 for EMS tuition reimbursement. It supports initial and ongoing training for emergency medical services responders.
Early childhood grants and school breakfast
The state funds early childhood grants with $7.5 million General Funds and $2 million Cash Funds each year. It supports school breakfast with $117,898 General Funds and $500,000 federal funds in FY2025-26, and $617,898 General Funds in FY2026-27. Education Aid totals about $2.09 billion in FY2025-26 and $2.05 billion in FY2026-27. State aid dollars must be used only for that purpose.
More property tax relief for homeowners
The law boosts state money for homeowner tax relief. It sets $798 million for the School Property Tax Credit in FY2025-26 and $808 million in FY2026-27. It also funds Homestead Exemption state aid at $1,883,000 in FY2025-26 and $2,897,000 in FY2026-27. These dollars are only for state aid and help lower property tax bills.
More funding for veterans' services
The state funds Veterans’ Affairs at $105.212 million in FY2025-26 and $111.091 million in FY2026-27. This includes General, Cash, and estimated federal funds to operate veterans’ services and facilities. Salary limits are $60.566 million and $62.047 million for the two years.
Less general aid to community colleges
Aid to Community Colleges is $119,116,711 General Funds in FY2025-26 and $114,116,711 in FY2026-27. General state aid is $111,054,477 in FY2025-26 and $106,054,477 in FY2026-27. This lowers general aid levels that support community colleges.
Medicaid funding and mental health payments
The law sets Medicaid funding for both years and lists large state, cash, and federal amounts (for FY2025-26: $1.085 billion General Fund, $740.239 million Cash Funds, and $3.929 billion federal). DHHS must report by August 1, 2025 on how it set the nursing home inflation factor, and by August 1, 2026 on any unspent nursing home money and methods used. It adds $1.5 million in FY2025-26 to reimburse non-hospital mental health providers when Medicare pays less than the Medicaid rate for people with both Medicare and Medicaid. It ends $450,000 per year that had been set aside for Medicaid tobacco-cessation counseling and FDA-approved quit medicines.
Two-year state budget and carryovers
The law sets Nebraska’s two-year budget and carryover rules. It appropriates funds to every agency and program for FY2025-26 and FY2026-27. It defines fiscal-year dates and lets unspent balances on June 30, 2026 carry into FY2026-27. It reappropriates unspent federal ARPA allocations with their original limits. The Director of Administrative Services may draw, and the State Treasurer must pay, warrants up to the amounts appropriated. For Agency 78 Program 198, the law reappropriates the June 30, 2025 General Fund balance minus $1,800,000.
Court help: mediation and interpreters
The Supreme Court budget includes $500,000 each year for parenting plan mediation. It also adds $550,000 each year to raise payments for interpreter services for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and non‑English‑speaking people in court. Probation Services adds $50,000 each year to increase interpreter payments for clients who need them.
Pension boosts for teachers, patrol, judges
The law adds General Funds to public pensions: $17,541,637 for School Employees (FY2025-26); $10,607,612 (FY2025-26) and $11,581,992 (FY2026-27) for Omaha School Employees; $6,834,870 and $9,416,612 for the State Patrol; and $1,459,899 and $1,221,208 for Judges. Each amount only strengthens that named retirement system.
Child welfare, CASA, and safety aid
Child advocacy centers get $7.5 million in TANF funds each year. The state chapter gets $500,000 per year for coordination like formula setting, data, and reports. CASA aid is $500,000 TANF each year. In FY2026-27, child welfare aid adds $3,883,432 Cash Funds. Domestic violence services get $3 million Cash Funds in FY2025-26 and $450,000 General Funds plus $2.15 million Cash Funds in FY2026-27. Up to $10 million of unspent General Fund child welfare aid as of June 30, 2025 is reappropriated.
More funding for state mental health care
Mental Health Operations receive $14,917,758 in FY2025-26 and $7,466,224 in FY2026-27 from the General Fund. The program’s salary limit is $18,700,000 each year. This supports state mental health services and staffing.
More help for disability services
DHHS can move unspent Medicaid funds to Developmental Disability Aid in FY2025-26 and FY2026-27 to keep people in community programs when those do not cost more than institutions. Unspent Beatrice State Developmental Center funds must be certified and shifted to help people move to and stay in community services, with up to $8 million of unspent General Funds reappropriated. The law also sets aside $16 million Cash Funds each year to serve people on developmental disability waiting lists, prioritizing those waiting longest under the two listed categories.
More support for community health centers
Seven named community health centers get $300,000 each per year for operations and $200,000 each per year for dental care. In FY2025-26, $325,000 General Funds and $750,000 Cash Funds are distributed by each center’s number of uninsured clients. In FY2026-27, $1,000,000 in Cash Funds is split the same way to expand services, locations, equipment, or projects. The law also funds targeted public health efforts, including $300,000 per year to tribally owned urban centers, $500,000 Cash Funds in FY2026-27 for Midtown Health Center, and set amounts each year for public health departments, minority health services, and community health centers in the second congressional district.
More support for seniors and long-term care
The law gives $500,000 each year for community-based aging services. It also sets the Medicaid assisted-living daily rate at $73.91 for FY2025-26 and FY2026-27 for single-occupancy waiver days. This helps keep services available for older Nebraskans.
Dual enrollment aid for lower tuition
The law provides $8,062,234 in General Funds each year for dual enrollment state aid. Money is divided to community college areas by the most recent three-year average dual credit FTE enrollment. The funds are intended to reduce dual credit tuition.
Need-based Nebraska Opportunity Grants funded
The Nebraska Opportunity Grant program gets $24,948,302 each year. In FY2025-26, $6,833,430 is General Funds and $18,114,872 is Cash Funds. In FY2026-27, $7,093,430 is General Funds and $17,854,872 is Cash Funds. Funds are state aid for need-based college grants.
Reentry and job training grants expanded
Vocational and Life Skills grants include $4 million General Funds and $8.3 million Cash Funds in FY2025-26. The Legislature intends $500,000 GF and $500,000 CF each year for paid pre-apprenticeship training with a 1:1 match. It also intends $7.8 million CF in FY2025-26 and $4.3 million CF in FY2026-27 for reentry and restorative justice grants. Unused funds roll forward.
Student loan relief and school support
Education Administration totals are $81,611,834 in FY2025-26 and $81,905,008 in FY2026-27. The law sets $5,000,000 each year for student loan forgiveness, plus $5,000,000 each year for state aid. It also funds statewide testing ($7,149,939 each year) and $300,000 each year for technology, along with smaller earmarks.
Courts, probation, and guardianship funding
Specialized courts get $8.595 million (FY2025-26) and $8.867 million (FY2026-27), plus a $1.5 million cash estimate in FY2026-27 with cash spending not capped by the listed amounts. The Office of Public Guardian gets $3.015 million and $3.135 million; its cash spending is not capped, and any unspent FY2025 General Funds are reappropriated. Probation Community Corrections gets $41.396 million and $40.611 million; unspent FY2025 General Funds are reappropriated, and lawmakers state intent to increase General Funds if opioid transfers fall short. Juvenile Justice gets $72.216 million and $73.201 million, with $30,000 in FY2025-26 to plan a juvenile justice and behavioral health facility in a county of 150,000+ and to secure any extra required funding before contracting.
Funding to keep State Patrol running
The law funds Nebraska State Patrol operations and related public safety work. It moves $13.38 million in FY2025-26 (less any June 30, 2025 balance) and $13.71 million in FY2026-27 into the Carrier Enforcement Cash Fund, and pays them quarterly by July 15, October 15, January 15, and April 15. It also moves $1.45 million in FY2025-26 (less any unobligated balance) and $1.52 million in FY2026-27 to run capitol security, paid on the same quarterly schedule. The Patrol’s cash fund gets $200,000 by June 30, 2026 and another $200,000 by June 30, 2027, and unspent FY2024-25 General Funds remain available after June 30, 2025. It adds $150,000 state and $100,000 federal each year for criminal justice information systems and sets a $68,187 annual line with salary caps for Program 325 ($57,896 in FY2025-26 and $57,856 in FY2026-27).
Funds for motor vehicle and tax enforcement
The government funds tax and vehicle services that many people use. It transfers $1.4 million each year to motor fuel tax enforcement, paid monthly (FY2025-26 in full; FY2026-27 reduced by any June 30, 2026 balance). It authorizes up to $1.4 million each year to operate Motor Carrier Services and funds license plate production with $3,554,058 in FY2025-26 and up to $2,592,174 in FY2026-27 as needed. It also moves $43,900 on July 1 of 2025 and 2026 to the Department of Revenue Enforcement Fund to support tax enforcement.
Funds for wastewater fixes and cleanups
The law funds wastewater fixes and cleanups. In FY2026-27, $38 million in Federal Funds can go to a city of the first class that runs a public wastewater plant with an NPDES permit and faces new industrial load from a calcium caseinate food plant. The city must provide a one-to-one match. The State Treasurer may also transfer up to $1.5 million by June 30, 2026, and up to $1.5 million by June 30, 2027, to the Superfund Cost Share Cash Fund as directed for petroleum cleanup work.
State operations budgets set for biennium
The law updates funding for state operations. OCIO Operations receives about $133.74 million in FY2025-26 and $134.43 million in FY2026-27; State Insurance Revolving gets about $13.79 million and $13.54 million; Personnel Division gets $0.93 million and $1.49 million; and the Capitol Commission gets $4.68 million and $5.01 million. The Legislative Council Program 638 receives $1.944 million and $2.039 million. The Nebraska State Historical Society totals are $9.384 million and $9.687 million, with listed General, Cash, and Federal Fund splits.
National Guard and state military funded
General Funds are $3,936,905 in FY2025-26 and $4,005,942 in FY2026-27 for the Military Department. Cash and federal funds bring totals to $25,854,649 and $25,162,839. This pays for National Guard operations and personnel.
Public safety and emergency funding
The State Patrol receives about $97.716 million in FY2025-26 and $98.313 million in FY2026-27 to support operations and salaries. Emergency Management totals are $5.610 million and $5.709 million, with $1.570 million in federal funds each year set aside only for state aid. The State Fire Marshal has $55,000 in federal funds each year for underground storage tank state aid, with permission to use the Underground Storage Tank Fund if federal rules block state-aid use. The Fire Marshal also gets $20,000 in cash each year for fireworks testing.
Carryforward for building repairs and projects
Capital project money that is undisbursed on June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2026 stays available for listed agency construction programs. The law also carries forward the remaining Nebraska Capital Construction Fund for DAS Program 921, except $2,000,000. Funds for the Deferred Building Renewal Act are reappropriated, except Program 940. This keeps building repairs and projects moving without gaps in funding.
Big aid to recruit new industry
Nebraska funds industrial recruitment as state aid. Program 603 gets $50 million from the Nebraska Transformational Project Fund in FY2025-26 and $50 million in FY2026-27. It also gets $4 million from the ImagiNE Nebraska Revolving Loan Fund in FY2025-26 and none in FY2026-27. The money must be used as state aid to recruit and support projects.
Economic development grants and local aid
The law funds Program 611 with $31,318,519 in FY2025-26 and $31,378,477 in FY2026-27 in Cash Funds, of which $27,448,770 each year is state aid. It also reuses certain unspent cash and listed federal balances from June 30, 2025. For Program 601, it adds $250,000 for a prefabricated housing study, $700,000 per year for development districts, $4,880,762 in FY2025-26 and $2,880,762 in FY2026-27 for mentorship program aid, and $750,000 in FY2025-26 for a specified grant. These dollars support local growth, housing study work, and mentoring programs.
Cap on state pay and per diems
The law caps total spending on salaries and per diems to the amounts shown. The Governor can allow higher spending if extra federal funds are approved. The budget administrator can raise the cap for certified leave payouts.
Cancer screening funding and one cut
The law gives $218,000 in FY2026-27 for the Every Woman Matters program and $290,000 in FY2026-27 for the Stay in the Game cancer screening program. It also gives $2.7 million each year for pediatric cancer research at UNMC. But it removes the FY2026-27 $500,000 for a statewide cancer services contract (the FY2025-26 $500,000 remains).
Health aid and women's care rules
Program 514 (Health Aid) totals are $111.315 million for FY2025-26 and $110.815 million for FY2026-27. The law sets aside $653,759 (FY2025-26) and $523,759 (FY2026-27) to reimburse pap smears, colposcopy, cervical biopsy, cryotherapy, LEEP, and STD diagnosis and treatment, including labs, equipment, and training. It bars using General Funds in this program to perform, facilitate, counsel, or refer for abortion. Funds in this section still cover the listed follow-up and STD care.
Rules on lapses and donated property
Unspent General, Cash, and Revolving Funds on June 30, 2025, lapse unless the act says otherwise. Certified encumbrances on June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2026 are added back to this act’s appropriations. Agencies can spend money on a donated building or land only after the Governor and the Legislature approve accepting the gift under state law.
Repeals parts of 2025 laws
The law repeals listed sections from Laws 2025, including parts of LB48A, LB177A, many sections of LB261, LB293A section 1, LB298A section 2, and other cited sections. These repeals remove the prior provisions and some related appropriations named in those sections.
Grants to replace lead water lines
The law sets aside up to $6 million of unspent cash funds (as of June 30, 2025) for grants to metropolitan utilities districts. The money pays to remove or replace lead service lines under section 71-5328. This can lower costs and improve water safety for households served by those districts.
Access College Early scholarships funded
Access College Early gets $1,450,000 in FY2025-26 and $1,350,000 in FY2026-27 from the General Fund. It also includes $100,000 in FY2025-26 for web application technology. These funds are state aid for scholarships.
Military tuition assistance funded
The Military Department gets $1,152,793 in FY2025-26 and $1,052,793 in FY2026-27 for tuition assistance. These General Funds are state aid and only for tuition assistance.
Preapprenticeship pilot in metro city
The state provides $500,000 in FY2026-27 to start a multi-trade preapprenticeship pilot. It serves young adults in a metropolitan-class city and prepares them for registered apprenticeships and entry-level construction jobs.
Cap on Ferguson House charges
The law caps the yearly charge tenants may pay for the Ferguson House. The cap equals the insured replacement value times 0.02, then times tenant-occupied square feet divided by total square feet. DAS may not charge more than this amount for operation and maintenance.
Assistive tech grants for farmers
The state provides $300,000 in FY2025-26 and $300,000 in FY2026-27 to buy assistive technology for farmers and ranchers through AgrAbility. The Department of Agriculture runs it. Purchases cannot duplicate equipment eligible for USDA funding.
Funds for appraiser licensing office
The Real Property Appraiser Board gets funds to run licensing. Program 79 gets $12,263 in FY2025-26 and $4,282 in FY2026-27 from cash funds.
Capitol security revenue stays in fund
Money from security agreements for the State Capitol must go into the Capitol Security Revolving Fund. The budget estimates $532,460 in FY2025-26 and $532,460 in FY2026-27. These deposits support ongoing capitol security.
Energy fund and city utility loans
The state supports energy programs and city utility loans. Starting July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026, $300,000 each year moves to the State Energy Cash Fund in twelve equal monthly transfers. On those same dates, $10,000 each year moves to the Municipal Rate Negotiations Revolving Loan Fund. Transfers come from the Severance Tax Fund.
Funding for interstate water lawsuits
Interstate Water Litigation receives $500,000 each year. In FY2025-26, $300,000 is General Funds and $200,000 is Cash Funds; in FY2026-27, $500,000 is Cash Funds. Any unspent General and Cash Funds on June 30, 2025 are reappropriated, and the salary limit is capped at the reappropriated amount.
Funding for labor relations and justice offices
The Commission of Industrial Relations (Program 531) gets $277,064 in FY2025-26 and $283,817 in FY2026-27, with updated salary limits. The Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (Program 198) gets set amounts each year: General Fund $2,697,764/$2,772,331, Cash Fund $908,642/$809,016, and Federal Fund estimates about $7.84 million/$7.91 million. Program 198 salary limits are $2,776,640 in FY2025-26 and $2,865,843 in FY2026-27. This keeps these administrative offices operating.
Funds for history and burial protections
The State Historical Society gets $100,000 in federal funds in FY2025-26 and $100,000 in FY2026-27, restricted to state aid. The law also provides $25,000 in General Funds in each of those years to carry out duties under the Unmarked Human Burial Sites and Skeletal Remains Protection Act. These funds must be used for those purposes only.
Funds for justice data and alerts
The state funds criminal justice data and victim alerts. Program 215 gets $4,520,673 in Federal Funds in FY2025-26 and FY2026-27 for criminal justice information systems and information sharing. The state also provides $327,736 from the General Fund in each year to run a victim notification system. Funds are restricted to these purposes.
Funds to enforce horseracing rules
The state funds horseracing enforcement. The Racing and Gaming Commission gets $350,000 from cash funds in FY2025-26 and $350,000 in FY2026-27 to enforce horseracing standards.
More patrols in road work zones
The law provides $489,979 in Cash Funds in FY2025-26 and $489,979 in FY2026-27 for State Patrol coverage in state road construction zones. The Department of Transportation must contract with the State Patrol. The State Treasurer makes four equal transfers each year on July 15, October 15, January 15, and April 15. Funds can only pay for patrols in construction zones.
Public radio gets FY2026-27 funds
Public radio gets $60,000 from cash funds in FY2026-27. There is $0 for FY2025-26.
Secretary of State program funding
The Secretary of State gets program funding changes. Program 20 (Services and Administration) gets $70,000 in FY2025-26 and $173,333 in FY2026-27 from cash funds. Program 86 (Records Management) gets $5,000 in FY2025-26 and $1,667 in FY2026-27 from the General Fund.
Settlement funds moved to General Fund
The state moves $295,957 from the State Settlement Cash Fund to the General Fund by June 30, 2026. It moves another $295,957 by June 30, 2027. The budget administrator sets the exact dates and amounts.
Water and soil projects get funding
The state funds water and soil projects. The Water Sustainability Fund gets $5,172,364 in Cash Funds in FY2025-26, plus any reappropriated balances moved to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment. Program 334 gets $7,450,000 in Cash Funds and an estimated $5,000 in Federal Funds in each year for state aid. In FY2026-27, $353,000 is set aside to remove riparian vegetation only when the project’s main goal is to improve streamflow in natural streams.
Funding for electrical safety oversight
The law funds the State Electrical Board with about $2.76 million in FY2025-26 and about $2.43 million in FY2026-27. Money comes from a cash fund. It pays for the board’s operations and public protection work. Salary limits for this program are set in the law.
Money for underground storage tank safety
The state moves $50,000 to the Underground Storage Tank Fund by June 30, 2026 and another $50,000 by June 30, 2027. The transfers come from the Petroleum Release Remedial Action Cash Fund. These funds support required cleanup and safety work under state law.
Charitable gaming now cash-funded
General Fund support is now $0 for charitable gaming. Cash Funds provide $5,557,065 in FY2025-26 and $5,828,227 in FY2026-27. State aid within this is $1,900,000 and $2,100,000 and must be used only for state aid.
Parks maintenance and wildlife research funded
Game and Parks engineering and maintenance get $2,524,763 in FY2025-26 and $2,567,038 in FY2026-27 in cash funds, with program totals of $4,381,711 and $4,423,986. Special Use Areas get $475,000 in FY2025-26 and $365,000 in FY2026-27 to build, maintain, and repair bighorn sheep facilities.
Cancer research fund transfers
The state transfers $500,000 to the University of Nebraska Eppley Institute for cancer research in FY2025-26 and $500,000 in FY2026-27. The money comes from the Health and Human Services Cash Fund. Transfers begin July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026.
Loan help for public-service lawyers
The state supports loan repayment for lawyers serving the public or rural communities. It transfers $150,000 to the Legal Education for Public Service and Rural Practice Loan Repayment Assistance Fund by July 15, 2025. It transfers another $150,000 by July 15, 2026. These funds help repay law school loans for eligible attorneys.
Public broadcasting operations funded
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications gets $11,100,873 General Funds in FY2025-26 and $11,210,852 in FY2026-27. Cash Funds bring totals to $11,413,323 and $11,463,302. This supports network operations and staffing.
Transfers to run state employee benefits
The law funds administration of state employee health and FSA benefits. On July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026, it moves up to $140,000 each year from FSA forfeitures to pay FSA admin costs, with a backup from the State Employees Insurance Fund if forfeitures are short. It also transfers $1,097,174 minus the June 30, 2025 unobligated balance to the Health and Life Benefit Administration Cash Fund (FY2025-26) and $1,121,274 on July 1, 2026 (FY2026-27). These transfers keep benefit administration staffed and running.
Property tax assessment program funded
The state funds Property Assessment with $2,363,065 General Funds and $787,265 Cash Funds in FY2025-26. For FY2026-27, it provides $2,410,387 General Funds and $801,196 Cash Funds. Salary limits are $2,013,393 and $2,045,904. This keeps property assessment operations running.
Tax and tobacco enforcement staff funded
Revenue Administration totals are $31,852,573 in FY2025-26 and $32,413,756 in FY2026-27. This includes $336,404 each year from the Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund for Tobacco Master Settlement enforcement staff. The Motor Fuels program gets $1,730,283 in FY2025-26 and $1,749,777 in FY2026-27 from cash funds.
Funding set for soil and water conservation
The law sets Soil and Water Conservation (Program 334) funding. General Fund is about $9.65 million in FY2025-26 and about $10.17 million in FY2026-27. Total program budgets are about $21.43 million and $22.06 million. Salary limits are about $8.20 million and $8.22 million. Any unspent General Fund and Cash Fund money on June 30, 2025, is reappropriated to the same subprogram.
Governor's office carryover cut by $250K
Any unspent General Fund balance for Governor Operations on June 30, 2025 is reappropriated, but $250,000 is excluded. The carryover is reduced by that amount.
Small change to disability program funds
The Disability Determination program has a small federal appropriation. It gets $1,066 in Federal Funds in FY2025-26 and $0 in FY2026-27. The program’s salary limit matches those amounts.
Small transfers to Tort Claims Fund
The law moves small amounts from agency balances to the Tort Claims Fund. In FY2025-26, transfers include $797 (Brand Committee), $4,487 (DMV), $22,691 (Game and Parks), $30,934 (Transportation), and $660 (State Colleges). In FY2026-27, transfers include $1,076 (Brand), $29,267 (Transportation), $865 (Agriculture), $1,359 (Education), $2,162 (University Regents), and $5,630 (DAS Building Division). Payments are due by August 1 each year or in four equal payments on August 1, October 1, January 1, and April 1 as the Risk Manager allows.
Less carryover for broadband projects
Unspent Broadband Bridge General Funds on June 30, 2025 are reappropriated, except for $5.7 million. That $5.7 million does not carry forward.
Military program balances will lapse
Any unspent General Fund money for Military Department Program 927 on June 30, 2025, and for Program 992 on June 30, 2026, will lapse. Those funds do not carry forward after those dates.
Unused road project funds lapse
For the Department of Transportation’s Program 901, any unobligated money from this biennium will lapse once projects are completed, moved to a future biennium, or indefinitely postponed. The leftover funds will not carry forward after those project outcomes.
Administrative budget rules for agencies
The law sets a $6,017 salary limit for the Engineers and Architects Program 82 in both years. It gives $560,000 in FY2025-26 to the Department of Administrative Services for Program 49. It keeps most unspent Budget Division General Funds from June 30, 2025 available, but excludes $500,000. It also removes a prior rule that let the budget office shift salary limits within Agency 78.
Repeals of some 2025 law sections
The law repeals listed sections from Laws 2025, including LB150A section 1; LB261 sections 247, 256, 257, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, and 266; LB298A section 1; and LB382A section 1. Those provisions are removed from state law.
Wildlife and parks program funding
The Game and Parks Commission gets funding for habitat, wildlife, and parks. Habitat Development gets $122,899 in FY2025-26 and $39,588 in FY2026-27. Wildlife Conservation gets $1,063,800 in FY2025-26 and $703,463 in FY2026-27, with salary limits of $365,575 and $480,259. Parks administration gets $73,466 in FY2025-26 and $0 in FY2026-27, with a $4,000 salary limit in FY2025-26.
Workers’ Comp Court and PSC funding
Funding for the Workers’ Compensation Court and Public Service Commission changes. The PSC salaries program gets $5,200 from the General Fund in FY2025-26 and $0 in FY2026-27. Workers’ Comp Court judges’ salaries show $1 in FY2025-26 and $0 in FY2026-27. Workers’ Comp Court administration gets $675,000 in FY2025-26 and $0 in FY2026-27 from cash funds.
Labor program funded but no salaries
Program 194 at the Department of Labor gets $266,358 in FY2025-26 and $272,186 in FY2026-27 from the Contractor and PEO Registration Cash Fund to carry out LB293. But none of these funds can be spent on salaries or per diems in either year (the cap is $0).
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Speaker Arch
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 4/1/2026
Final Reading
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legislature vote • 3/26/2026
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legislature vote • 3/26/2026
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legislature vote • 3/26/2026
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legislature vote • 3/25/2026
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legislature vote • 3/25/2026
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legislature vote • 3/19/2026
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legislature vote • 3/19/2026
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legislature vote • 3/19/2026
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legislature vote • 3/19/2026
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legislature vote • 3/10/2026
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legislature vote • 3/10/2026
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legislature vote • 3/10/2026
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legislature vote • 3/10/2026
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legislature vote • 3/10/2026
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Yes: 12 • No: 31 • Other: 6
legislature vote • 3/9/2026
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Yes: 23 • No: 17 • Other: 9
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Yes: 34 • No: 1 • Other: 14
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Yes: 32 • No: 0 • Other: 17
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Yes: 8 • No: 22 • Other: 19
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Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 10
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Yes: 35 • No: 12 • Other: 2
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Yes: 34 • No: 12 • Other: 3
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Yes: 12 • No: 31 • Other: 6
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Yes: 36 • No: 0 • Other: 13
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Actions Timeline
Provisions/portions of LB1248 amended into LB1071 by AM2162
4/17/2026legislatureProvisions/portions of LB1190 amended into LB1071 by AM2162
4/17/2026legislatureProvisions/portions of LB1140 amended into LB1071 by AM2162
4/17/2026legislatureProvisions/portions of LB1070 amended into LB1071 by AM2162
4/17/2026legislatureProvisions/portions of LB1058 amended into LB1071 by AM2522
4/17/2026legislatureProvisions/portions of LB858 amended into LB1071 by AM2162
4/17/2026legislatureApproved by Governor on April 7, 2026
4/7/2026legislaturePresented to Governor on April 1, 2026
4/1/2026legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
4/1/2026legislaturePassed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 35-13-1
4/1/2026legislatureDispensing of reading at large approved
4/1/2026legislatureEnrollment and Review ST75 recorded
3/30/2026legislatureEnrollment and Review ST75 filed
3/30/2026legislaturePlaced on Final Reading with ST75
3/30/2026legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
3/26/2026legislatureClements AM2748 adopted
3/26/2026legislatureKauth FA730 withdrawn
3/26/2026legislatureArmendariz AM2773 withdrawn
3/26/2026legislatureArmendariz FA1067 withdrawn
3/26/2026legislatureArmendariz FA1066 withdrawn
3/26/2026legislatureArmendariz FA1065 withdrawn
3/26/2026legislatureArmendariz FA1062 withdrawn
3/26/2026legislatureArmendariz FA1061 withdrawn
3/26/2026legislatureArmendariz FA1060 withdrawn
3/26/2026legislatureClements AM2944 withdrawn
3/26/2026legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
1/15/2026
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted
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