# Nebraska LB294: Change provisions relating to grants from the County Visitors Improvement Fund

Nebraska LB294, Change provisions relating to grants from the County Visitors Improvement Fund, is a 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions legislature bill sponsored by Tanya Storer; status signed, last action 2025-04-07 (Approved by Governor on April 7, 2025) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Nebraska LB294
- State: Nebraska
- Session: 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions
- Title: Change provisions relating to grants from the County Visitors Improvement Fund
- Status: signed
- Chamber: legislature
- Introduced: 2025-01-15
- Last action: 2025-04-07, Approved by Governor on April 7, 2025
- Sponsor: Tanya Storer
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (159 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- County grants for visitor attractions: benefit, low. The law creates a County Visitors Improvement Fund run by the county with advice from its visitors committee. It gives grants to improve or expand existing attractions, buy or grow exhibits, build new attractions, or plan these projects. Attractions must be in the county and be publicly owned or ru…
- Grant limits and bond rules for attractions: mixed, low. A grant in a year cannot be more than the larger of two amounts: the county’s 1% sales‑tax proceeds for the fund or $5,000. The county may approve grants that last up to 20 years. A recipient can pledge those yearly grant payments to secure bonds for the project. Each year of a multi‑year grant mus…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Tanya Storer, Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-03 | legislature | Final Reading | pass | 47 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-02-21 | legislature | Vote | fail | 37 | 0 | 12 |
| 2025-02-21 | legislature | Vote | fail | 38 | 0 | 11 |
|   | legislature | Vote | fail | 37 | 0 | 12 |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-04-07: Approved by Governor on April 7, 2025 (legislature)
- 2025-04-03: Presented to Governor on April 3, 2025 (legislature)
- 2025-04-03: President/Speaker signed (legislature)
- 2025-04-03: Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 47-0-2 (legislature)
- 2025-03-19: Placed on Final Reading (legislature)
- 2025-03-11: Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment (legislature)
- 2025-02-26: Placed on Select File (legislature)
- 2025-02-21: Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial (legislature)
- 2025-02-21: Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM54 adopted (legislature)
- 2025-02-07: Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM54 filed (legislature)
- 2025-02-07: Placed on General File with AM54 (legislature)
- 2025-01-31: Sanders name added (legislature)
- 2025-01-22: Notice of hearing for January 29, 2025 (legislature)
- 2025-01-17: Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee (legislature)
- 2025-01-15: Date of introduction (legislature)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-15: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB294.pdf)
- Enrolled / Slip Law: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB294.pdf)
- Final / Enacted: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB294.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB294.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Slip Law (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB294.pdf)
- [Final / Enacted (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB294.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB294-109 (as of 2026-10-17).