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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

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Certified Constitution posted after each session

After each regular session, the Revisor compiles an updated Nebraska Constitution. Within two days after adjournment, the Revisor sends it to the Secretary of State. The Secretary has five days to request changes and then certifies it, sending it to the Clerk no later than ten days after adjournment. The Clerk posts the certified copy online, includes it in the session laws, and prints pamphlets on request. Printed certified copies are the official version in court. If there are no changes, the Revisor may skip the update and must notify the Secretary and the Clerk.

Clerk takes over law publishing in 2027

Beginning January 1, 2027, the Clerk of the Legislature publishes and distributes session laws, the legislative journal, and the statutes in print or electronic form. Judges, county and state officers, libraries, and others get copies under a policy set by the Executive Board. Anyone may order printed copies, but must pay the production and delivery costs set under that policy. The Revisor may contract (with Executive Board approval) to edit and print, and the printer must deliver finished copies to the Clerk. Supplements and replacement volumes are sold at cost-recovery prices. Money from sales goes to the Nebraska Statutes Cash Fund and the Nebraska Statutes Distribution Cash Fund to support this work.

Old distribution rules apply until 2027

Through January 1, 2027, the Secretary of State and county clerks distribute session laws, journals, and statutes to named offices, in print or electronic form. County clerks requisition copies by county class and send them in the fastest and most economical way to courts, county attorneys, and law libraries; officers must pass copies to their successors. New legislators get one copy of the prior session’s laws and journal and can request a second. Public libraries supported by a local tax may apply for leftover copies, and certain federal officials each get one copy. The Supreme Court manages statute sets and may sell bound session laws for $15 and bound journals for $40, with older stock discounted after two years; the Clerk may sell unbound copies at cost, and electronic copies are sold at no more than production cost. Leftover copies go to the State Librarian. On January 1, 2027, the Secretary of State’s distribution authority ends.

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 • 4/24/2026

Vote

Yes: 29 • No: 0 • Other: 20

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

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026

    4/17/2026legislature

  2. Dispensing of reading at large approved

    4/9/2026legislature

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

    4/9/2026legislature

  4. President/Speaker signed

    4/9/2026legislature

  5. Presented to Governor on April 9, 2026

    4/9/2026legislature

  6. Placed on Final Reading

    4/1/2026legislature

  7. Enrollment and Review ER148 adopted

    3/31/2026legislature

  8. Kauth FA896 withdrawn

    3/31/2026legislature

  9. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    3/31/2026legislature

  10. Placed on Select File with ER148

    3/18/2026legislature

  11. Enrollment and Review ER148 filed

    3/18/2026legislature

  12. Executive Board AM2143 adopted

    3/12/2026legislature

  13. Hansen AM1983 withdrawn

    3/12/2026legislature

  14. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    3/12/2026legislature

  15. Speaker priority bill

    2/20/2026legislature

  16. Placed on General File with AM2143

    2/17/2026legislature

  17. Executive Board AM2143 filed

    2/17/2026legislature

  18. Hansen AM1983 filed

    2/11/2026legislature

  19. Notice of hearing for February 11, 2026

    1/28/2026legislature

  20. Referred to Executive Board

    1/23/2026legislature

  21. Kauth FA896 filed

    1/22/2026legislature

  22. Date of introduction

    1/21/2026legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    4/17/2026

    PDF

  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

    PDF

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