All Roll Calls
Yes: 88 • No: 0
NebraskaLB1236A109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessionslegislature
Appropriation Bill
Sponsored By: Ben Hansen
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
New cash funds for legal publications
The law creates two funds for statutes: the Nebraska Statutes Cash Fund and the Nebraska Statutes Distribution Cash Fund. Money from selling supplements and replacement volumes goes into these funds to pay for publishing and delivery. Superseded statute compilations may be sold for $1 per volume. A new Secretary of State Cash Fund also collects that office’s fees and pays for its duties, including distributing session laws and journals. Fund balances may be invested under state rules.
Statute printing and Constitution updates
The Revisor can negotiate contracts, with Executive Board approval, to edit, print, and bind statute supplements and replacement volumes. The Revisor prints the statutes, and the Supreme Court furnishes set numbers of printed volumes to state offices, such as the State Library and the Attorney General. After each regular session, the Revisor compiles an updated Nebraska Constitution with notes on sources and amendments. The Attorney General must tell the Revisor when courts rule a section unconstitutional so the notes reflect it.
Official copy deliveries change in 2027
The Clerk publishes the session laws and journal and gives one copy to each legislator, with a second on request. The Secretary of State delivers one copy to a list of state officers and agencies and keeps a record. Beginning January 1, 2027, the Secretary of State’s authority to distribute laws and journals ends. On that date, county clerks no longer requisition or hand out sets, transfer books to successors, or give leftovers to public libraries. The county class‑based limits on sets (for example, up to 25 sets for Class 7 counties) also end. The State Librarian will no longer furnish starter copies to new legislators starting January 1, 2027.
Prices for printed laws and journals
You can buy bound session laws for $15 per volume and bound journals for $40. After two years from publication, leftover bound copies may be sold for $0.25 each. The Clerk sells unbound print session laws and daily journals at cost and may charge you the printing and delivery cost for requested printed copies. Electronic copies may be sold only up to production cost. Money from bound‑copy sales goes to the state's General Fund. The unbound‑sale authority ends January 1, 2027.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Ben Hansen
legislature
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 4/9/2026
Final Reading
Yes: 49 • No: 0
legislature vote • 3/17/2026
Vote
Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 10
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026
4/17/2026legislaturePassed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0
4/9/2026legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
4/9/2026legislaturePresented to Governor on April 9, 2026
4/9/2026legislaturePlaced on Final Reading
4/1/2026legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
3/31/2026legislaturePlaced on Select File
3/18/2026legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
3/17/2026legislatureDate of introduction
3/9/2026legislaturePlaced on General File
3/9/2026legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
4/17/2026
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted