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NebraskaLB78A109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET

Appropriation Bill

Sponsored By: Eliot Bostar

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Housing help for abuse and trafficking survivors

The law creates a Survivor Housing Assistance Fund run by DHHS. DHHS provides housing help to domestic violence victims and sex trafficking survivors, including grants, loans, and reimbursements. DHHS may work through qualified groups and set a fair formula to spread funds. Up to 20% of program funds can buy or fix housing through certified organizations. The fund can get money from the Legislature and other public or private sources, and the state invests unused funds.

Lower tax on real estate deeds

The documentary stamp tax you pay as the grantor on a deed falls from $2.32 to $2.25 per $1,000 of value. The tax rounds up for each $1,000 or part of $1,000. Value is the actual price paid, or current market value for gifts or nominal‑price deeds.

Abuse and trafficking weigh in sentencing

Courts must weigh if an offender was abused by a family or sexual partner, or is a trafficking victim, when deciding to withhold jail time. This applies in cases without a mandatory prison sentence.

Clearer property sales data for assessments

A deal counts as a sale for assessment studies if the price is over $100 or if more than $2.25 in deed tax was paid. These sales are treated as arm’s‑length unless appraisal methods show otherwise. This improves data used to set values and may change some property tax bills.

Where deed tax money goes

From each $2.25 of documentary stamp tax collected, the county keeps $0.50. The State Treasurer splits the remaining $1.75: $0.95 to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, $0.25 to the Site and Building Development Fund, $0.25 to the Homeless Shelter Assistance Trust Fund, $0.30 to the Behavioral Health Services Fund, and $0.07 to the Survivor Housing Assistance Fund.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Eliot Bostar

    legislature

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 148 • No: 0

legislature vote • 4/24/2026

Vote

Yes: 29 • No: 0 • Other: 20

legislature vote • 5/14/2025

Final Reading

Yes: 49 • No: 0

legislature vote • 4/23/2025

Vote

Yes: 29 • No: 0 • Other: 20

legislature vote • 4/3/2025

Vote

Yes: 41 • No: 0 • Other: 8

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on May 20, 2025

    5/21/2025legislature

  2. Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0

    5/14/2025legislature

  3. President/Speaker signed

    5/14/2025legislature

  4. Presented to Governor on May 14, 2025

    5/14/2025legislature

  5. Placed on Final Reading

    4/29/2025legislature

  6. Bostar AM931 adopted

    4/23/2025legislature

  7. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    4/23/2025legislature

  8. Placed on Select File

    4/9/2025legislature

  9. Bostar AM931 filed

    4/8/2025legislature

  10. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    4/3/2025legislature

  11. Date of introduction

    3/27/2025legislature

  12. Placed on General File

    3/27/2025legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    5/21/2025

    PDF

  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

    PDF

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