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NebraskaLB185109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessionslegislature

Provide for electronic delivery of notices and documents under the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act

Sponsored By: Robert Dover

Signed by Governor

Judiciary Committee

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Bill Overview

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6 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.

Mail is required when email fails

If a law needs proof you got a notice, the electronic method must provide it. If a landlord cannot get verification, the landlord must mail the notice. If two or more emails bounce in 30 days, all future notices must be mailed until you reconsent and show access. Tenants who cannot verify delivery must use another legal method. If the sender thinks the email was not received or your email is invalid, they must use mail or another allowed method. Withdrawing consent does not undo past notices and takes effect after the other side gets it.

Old email consents stay valid

Electronic notices sent before the law’s start remain valid if you had already consented. If a landlord wants to add new kinds of email notices under an old consent, the landlord must first tell you which new notices and remind you that you can withdraw consent without penalty.

Renters must consent to email notices

A landlord may email notices only if you clearly agree first. Before you agree, the landlord must explain your right to withdraw, what notices are covered, how to get paper copies, and how to update contact info. You must be told the tech needed and show you can access it. You can withdraw consent, and past emails stay valid. A landlord cannot require email delivery to sign or renew a lease. If tech needs change in a way that risks access, the landlord must tell you and remind you of your right to withdraw.

Email and web posts count as notice

Notices that must be in writing can be sent electronically if you consent. Delivery can be by email you agreed to or by a website posting with a separate email notice. Electronic delivery must follow the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. If the law needs proof of receipt and the method gives it, an electronic notice counts the same as mailed notice.

Tenants can email only with landlord OK

You can send a notice to your landlord by email only if the landlord agreed to accept email from you. If the landlord has not agreed, use another delivery method the law allows.

Old landlord-tenant sections repealed

The law removes old Nebraska landlord-tenant statute sections and replaces them with the updated rules on electronic delivery.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Robert Dover

    Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 161 • No: 0

legislature vote • 4/3/2025

Final Reading

Yes: 47 • No: 0 • Other: 2

legislature vote • 2/27/2025

Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11

legislature vote • 2/27/2025

Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11

legislature vote • Unknown

Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on April 7, 2025

    4/7/2025legislature

  2. Presented to Governor on April 3, 2025

    4/3/2025legislature

  3. President/Speaker signed

    4/3/2025legislature

  4. Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2

    4/3/2025legislature

  5. Dispensing of reading at large approved

    4/3/2025legislature

  6. Placed on Final Reading

    3/25/2025legislature

  7. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    3/18/2025legislature

  8. Enrollment and Review ER23 adopted

    3/18/2025legislature

  9. Enrollment and Review ER23 filed

    3/5/2025legislature

  10. Placed on Select File with ER23

    3/5/2025legislature

  11. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    2/27/2025legislature

  12. Judiciary AM75 adopted

    2/27/2025legislature

  13. Passed over

    2/26/2025legislature

  14. Judiciary AM75 filed

    2/10/2025legislature

  15. Placed on General File with AM75

    2/10/2025legislature

  16. Notice of hearing for January 30, 2025

    1/22/2025legislature

  17. Referred to Judiciary Committee

    1/15/2025legislature

  18. Date of introduction

    1/13/2025legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    1/13/2025

    PDF

  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

    PDF

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