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NebraskaLB294109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET

Change provisions relating to grants from the County Visitors Improvement Fund

Sponsored By: Tanya Storer

Signed by Governor

Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

County visitor grants: caps and financing

The county board runs the visitor fund, with advice from the visitors committee, and the rules apply now. Each grant is capped each year at the larger of your county’s 1% sales‑tax proceeds for this fund or $5,000. Grants can last up to 20 years, and yearly payments must follow the grant contract. You may pledge multi‑year grants to get bonds or loans for building or improving an attraction. Those bonds are paid only from grant money and are not a county debt.

Who can get county visitor grants

Counties now give grants to plan, build, expand, or improve visitor attractions and exhibits. To qualify, the site must be in the county and open to the public. It must be owned by a public body or a nonprofit whose main purpose is to run the attraction. Attractions include places with educational, cultural, historic, artistic, recreational, or entertainment value.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Tanya Storer

    legislature

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 159 • No: 0

legislature vote • 4/24/2026

Vote

Yes: 37 • No: 0 • Other: 12

legislature vote • 4/3/2025

Final Reading

Yes: 47 • No: 0 • Other: 2

legislature vote • 2/21/2025

Vote

Yes: 37 • No: 0 • Other: 12

legislature vote • 2/21/2025

Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on April 7, 2025

    4/8/2025legislature

  2. Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 47-0-2

    4/3/2025legislature

  3. President/Speaker signed

    4/3/2025legislature

  4. Presented to Governor on April 3, 2025

    4/3/2025legislature

  5. Placed on Final Reading

    3/19/2025legislature

  6. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    3/11/2025legislature

  7. Placed on Select File

    2/26/2025legislature

  8. Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM54 adopted

    2/21/2025legislature

  9. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    2/21/2025legislature

  10. Placed on General File with AM54

    2/7/2025legislature

  11. Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM54 filed

    2/7/2025legislature

  12. Sanders name added

    1/31/2025legislature

  13. Notice of hearing for January 29, 2025

    1/22/2025legislature

  14. Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

    1/17/2025legislature

  15. Date of introduction

    1/15/2025legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    4/8/2025

    PDF

  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

    PDF

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