All Roll Calls
Yes: 619 • No: 438
NebraskaLB1261109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET
Prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire certain privately owned electric generation facilities
Sponsored By: Barry DeKay
Signed by Governor
Natural Resources Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Stronger protections for private power projects
Consumer-owned utilities, like public power districts and city utilities, cannot use eminent domain to take privately developed renewable projects that meet section 70-1014.02. The law also protects a private plant built to serve one industrial site with new load over 1,000 megawatts if key rules are met. The plant must be on or next to the customer, use an equivalent interconnection point, and have Nebraska Power Review Board approval. The parties must sign a long-term deal that keeps the utility’s retail rights, bans resale by the customer, and waives eminent domain for the contract term; the utility’s governing body must approve it. The industrial customer pays all related costs, fees, congestion charges, and grid upgrades, and the plant serves only that customer unless the utility approves a waiver. These large-load contract rules apply to new-load deals signed on or before December 31, 2031.
New eminent domain rules for public utilities
Public power districts in Nebraska can use eminent domain to take property used to make, move, or deliver electricity, following the state’s condemnation process. If a district asks, the Attorney General represents it; after taking an existing electric system, the district must repay the state’s legal costs. A district may choose to use eminent domain only for wind power projects, limiting its use by policy choice.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Barry DeKay
legislature
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 10
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 13 • No: 20 • Other: 16
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 10 • No: 18 • Other: 21
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 12 • No: 20 • Other: 17
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 12 • No: 18 • Other: 19
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 11 • No: 19 • Other: 19
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 13 • No: 24 • Other: 12
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 15 • No: 27 • Other: 7
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 15 • No: 32 • Other: 2
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 34 • No: 0 • Other: 15
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 9 • No: 23 • Other: 17
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 10
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
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Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11
legislature vote • 4/10/2026
Final Reading
Yes: 33 • No: 16
legislature vote • 4/1/2026
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Yes: 32 • No: 13 • Other: 4
legislature vote • 4/1/2026
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Yes: 12 • No: 20 • Other: 17
legislature vote • 4/1/2026
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Yes: 12 • No: 18 • Other: 19
legislature vote • 4/1/2026
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Yes: 10 • No: 18 • Other: 21
legislature vote • 4/1/2026
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Yes: 13 • No: 20 • Other: 16
legislature vote • 4/1/2026
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Yes: 9 • No: 23 • Other: 17
legislature vote • 4/1/2026
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Yes: 34 • No: 0 • Other: 15
legislature vote • 4/1/2026
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Yes: 15 • No: 32 • Other: 2
legislature vote • 4/1/2026
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Yes: 15 • No: 27 • Other: 7
legislature vote • 4/1/2026
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Yes: 13 • No: 24 • Other: 12
legislature vote • 4/1/2026
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Yes: 11 • No: 19 • Other: 19
legislature vote • 3/18/2026
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Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 10
legislature vote • 3/18/2026
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Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 10
legislature vote • 3/18/2026
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Yes: 34 • No: 7 • Other: 8
legislature vote • 3/18/2026
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Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11
Actions Timeline
Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026
4/17/2026legislatureApproved by Governor on April 14, 2026
4/17/2026legislatureDispensing of reading at large approved
4/10/2026legislaturePassed on Final Reading 33-16*-0
4/10/2026legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
4/10/2026legislaturePlaced on Final Reading
4/7/2026legislatureConrad MO409 withdrawn
4/1/2026legislatureConrad MO410 withdrawn
4/1/2026legislatureDeKay FA968 withdrawn
4/1/2026legislatureConrad MO411 failed
4/1/2026legislatureDeKay AM2665 withdrawn
4/1/2026legislatureDeKay AM2666 withdrawn
4/1/2026legislatureDeKay AM2851 adopted
4/1/2026legislatureDeKay FA926 withdrawn
4/1/2026legislatureJuarez AM2132 lost
4/1/2026legislatureJuarez AM2133 withdrawn
4/1/2026legislatureJuarez AM2083 withdrawn
4/1/2026legislatureConrad AM2123 lost
4/1/2026legislatureConrad AM2120 withdrawn
4/1/2026legislatureConrad AM2119 lost
4/1/2026legislatureConrad AM2110 withdrawn
4/1/2026legislatureConrad AM2116 lost
4/1/2026legislatureConrad AM2772 filed
4/1/2026legislatureFredrickson FA1143 to AM2772 filed
4/1/2026legislatureFredrickson FA1143 lost
4/1/2026legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
4/17/2026
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted