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NebraskaLB852109th Legislature 1st and 2nd SessionslegislatureWALLET

Provide for the recapture of funding distributed from the Convention Center Support Fund to certain recipients

Sponsored By: Ashlei Spivey

Signed by Governor

Revenue Committee

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Some city funds for low-income housing

Beginning January 1, 2027, a primary-class city can use up to 10% of certain funds for qualified low-income housing if the city council agrees the money is not needed elsewhere. If no such projects are underway or expected, the city can use that 10% to help housing needs in high-poverty areas.

More investment in high-poverty neighborhoods

Beginning January 1, 2027, cities must share money with high-poverty areas. Ten percent of main city funds and all of a second funding stream go equally to these areas. Of that money, 55% must support history showcases or reduce street and gang violence, and 45% must grow small businesses. Each funded area sets up a development fund and a committee to ask for ideas, hold a public hearing with at least seven days’ notice, research projects, and decide funding. Committees include a city council member, a county commissioner, two local residents, and a nonvoting legislator, and must publicly post how to apply. A high-poverty area means one or more connected census tracts in a metro city where each tract has over 30% of people below poverty, based on the latest American Community Survey five-year estimate.

New rules for local grant recipients

Beginning January 1, 2027, anyone who gets committee funds must file an itemized report on how the money was used. You cannot receive funding for more than three years in a row unless you show strong results, like people served, relevant services, measurable outcomes, economic impact, and a sustainability plan. Your business must keep its main office or primary operations in the high-poverty area for at least three years after getting money. If you leave early, the county can recapture a pro rata share and set notice and repayment rules.

Convention center aid split and limits

Beginning January 1, 2027, the state creates the Convention Center Support Fund and invests its balances. Approved local governments receive up to 70% of certain state sales tax from their convention facilities each year, subject to an overall cap; metro cities also have a separate cap tied to transfers set in state law. After required certifications and transfers, the remaining 30% of that revenue goes to the Civic and Community Center Financing Fund. Aid ends when project bonds are paid off or when the assistance cap is reached, whichever comes first. A city that gets a Civic and Community Center grant cannot also get this state assistance.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Ashlei Spivey

    legislature

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 93 • No: 0

legislature vote • 4/10/2026

Final Reading

Yes: 49 • No: 0

legislature vote • 3/24/2026

Vote

Yes: 44 • No: 0 • Other: 5

Actions Timeline

  1. Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026

    4/17/2026legislature

  2. Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026

    4/17/2026legislature

  3. Dispensing of reading at large approved

    4/10/2026legislature

  4. Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0

    4/10/2026legislature

  5. President/Speaker signed

    4/10/2026legislature

  6. Placed on Final Reading

    4/7/2026legislature

  7. Kauth FA492 withdrawn

    4/1/2026legislature

  8. Spivey FA549 withdrawn

    4/1/2026legislature

  9. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    4/1/2026legislature

  10. Placed on Select File

    3/30/2026legislature

  11. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    3/24/2026legislature

  12. Speaker priority bill

    2/20/2026legislature

  13. Placed on General File

    2/20/2026legislature

  14. Notice of hearing for February 06, 2026

    1/29/2026legislature

  15. Referred to Revenue Committee

    1/12/2026legislature

  16. Kauth FA492 filed

    1/9/2026legislature

  17. Spivey FA549 filed

    1/9/2026legislature

  18. Date of introduction

    1/8/2026legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    4/17/2026

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  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

    PDF

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