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NebraskaLB1236109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessionslegislature

Change provisions relating to publication, printing, and distribution of legislative journals, session laws, and statutes and publication of the Constitution of Nebraska

Sponsored By: Executive Board

Signed by Governor

Executive Board

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Bill Overview

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6 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.

Faster updates to the state Constitution

After voters adopt a constitutional amendment, the Revisor updates the Constitution. Within 10 calendar days after the state canvass is finished, the Revisor sends the update to the Secretary of State for certification. The Secretary certifies it and sends it to the Clerk. The Clerk posts it online, includes it in the session laws, and prints pamphlets on request.

Who gets official copies and how many

The Clerk must deliver set numbers of session laws and journals to named offices and libraries. Examples: 1 copy to the Lieutenant Governor; 2 to the Governor and Secretary of State; 5 to the Attorney General; 9 to the Revisor; 16 to the Supreme Court and the Legislative Council; and 35 to the University of Nebraska College of Law. Remaining copies go to the State Librarian for exchange and State Library use. The College of Law librarian may requisition up to 100 copies, and the Clerk may provide them in print or electronic form.

Cost-based prices for printed laws and supplements

The Clerk sells statute supplements and replacement volumes at prices set by the Executive Board that recover all publication and distribution costs. Money from sales goes to two funds: the Nebraska Statutes Cash Fund (publication costs) and the Nebraska Statutes Distribution Cash Fund (distribution costs). The Clerk may sell unbound print copies of session laws and the daily journal at prices that do not exceed cost. For special sessions, the Clerk recommends the price and the Executive Board approves it. This unbound-material pricing authority ends January 1, 2027.

Capped fees for electronic public records

The state may charge reasonable fees for electronic access to public records through its portal. These fees cannot be higher than the legal fees for copies in other forms. Some records are excepted by law. Money collected goes to the Records Management Cash Fund.

Clerk now runs law publishing and delivery

The Clerk of the Legislature compiles and publishes the session laws, the Legislative Journal, and the statutes after each regular session. Session laws include laws from any special session since the last regular session and a certified copy of the state Constitution. The Clerk provides copies under a distribution policy set by the Executive Board. Anyone may request printed copies and must pay the production and delivery costs set under that policy. The Revisor makes sure the statutes are printed and, with Executive Board approval, may contract without bids. The printer delivers finished copies to the Clerk, who ships them by the quickest, most economical method allowed by policy.

Old distribution rules end; duties shift offices

Several older laws that governed how session laws, journals, and statutes were printed, sold, and distributed end on January 1, 2027. The law removes the Secretary of State’s duty to distribute session laws and journals. It also removes the use of the Secretary of State Cash Fund to pay for that distribution. Distribution and related funding now shift under the Legislature’s offices and dedicated statute funds.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Executive Board

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 136 • No: 0

legislature vote • 4/9/2026

Final Reading

Yes: 49 • No: 0

legislature vote • 3/12/2026

Vote

Yes: 29 • No: 0 • Other: 20

legislature vote • 3/12/2026

Vote

Yes: 29 • No: 0 • Other: 20

legislature vote • Unknown

Vote

Yes: 29 • No: 0 • Other: 20

Actions Timeline

  1. Provisions/portions of LB1065 amended into LB1236 by AM2143

    4/17/2026legislature

  2. Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026

    4/14/2026legislature

  3. Presented to Governor on April 9, 2026

    4/9/2026legislature

  4. President/Speaker signed

    4/9/2026legislature

  5. Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0

    4/9/2026legislature

  6. Dispensing of reading at large approved

    4/9/2026legislature

  7. Placed on Final Reading

    4/1/2026legislature

  8. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    3/31/2026legislature

  9. Kauth FA896 withdrawn

    3/31/2026legislature

  10. Enrollment and Review ER148 adopted

    3/31/2026legislature

  11. Enrollment and Review ER148 filed

    3/18/2026legislature

  12. Placed on Select File with ER148

    3/18/2026legislature

  13. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    3/12/2026legislature

  14. Hansen AM1983 withdrawn

    3/12/2026legislature

  15. Executive Board AM2143 adopted

    3/12/2026legislature

  16. Speaker priority bill

    2/20/2026legislature

  17. Executive Board AM2143 filed

    2/17/2026legislature

  18. Placed on General File with AM2143

    2/17/2026legislature

  19. Hansen AM1983 filed

    2/11/2026legislature

  20. Notice of hearing for February 11, 2026

    1/28/2026legislature

  21. Referred to Executive Board

    1/23/2026legislature

  22. Kauth FA896 filed

    1/22/2026legislature

  23. Date of introduction

    1/21/2026legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    1/21/2026

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  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

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