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LB261

Appropriate funds for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, and appropriate Federal Funds allocated to the State of Nebraska pursuant to the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Passed

Introduced by John Arch, District 14

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Appropriate funds for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, and appropriate Federal Funds allocated to the State of Nebraska pursuant to the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Where it stands

Provisions/portions of LB627 amended into LB261 by AM832

June 6, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

Unicameral votes

16 recorded votes · each counted separately

Unicameral votes

16 recorded votes · each counted separately

UnicameralStage: Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 37-11-1 · May 15, 2025

37

Yes

11

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

49 senators recorded in this Legislature vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Robert Hallstrom1Yes
Robert Clements2Yes
Victor Rountree3Yes
Brad Von Gillern4Yes
Margo Juarez5No
Machaela Cavanaugh6No
Dunixi Guereca7Absent
Megan Hunt8No
John Cavanaugh9No
Wendy DeBoer10No

Bill history

  1. Date of introduction

  2. Referred to Appropriations Committee

  3. Notice of hearing for February 18, 2025

  4. Placed on General File with AM832

  5. Appropriations AM832 filed

  6. Clements FA157 to AM832 filed

  7. Meyer AM1246 to AM832 filed

  8. Speaker Major Proposal

  9. Appropriations AM832 pending

  10. Meyer AM1246 pending

  11. Appropriations AM832 pending

  12. Meyer AM1246 withdrawn

  13. Cavanaugh, M. AM1303 to AM832 filed

  14. Cavanaugh, M. AM1303 pending

  15. Appropriations AM832 pending

  16. Cavanaugh, M. AM1303 lost

  17. Guereca AM1264 to AM832 filed

  18. Guereca AM1264 adopted

  19. Speaker Arch MO225 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed

  20. Speaker Arch MO225 prevailed

  21. Appropriations AM832 adopted

  22. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  23. Clements AM1320 filed

  24. Placed on Select File

  25. Clements FA157 withdrawn

  26. Clements AM1320 pending

  27. Holdcroft AM1379 to AM1320 filed

  28. Holdcroft AM1379 adopted

  29. Clements AM1320 pending

  30. Clements AM1407 to AM1320 filed

  31. Clements AM1407 adopted

  32. DeBoer AM1410 to AM1320 filed

  33. DeBoer AM1410 pending

  34. DeBoer AM1410 adopted

  35. Murman AM1408 to AM1320 filed

  36. Murman AM1408 lost

  37. Dover AM1384 to AM1320 filed

  38. Dover AM1384 adopted

  39. Murman AM1429 to AM1320 filed

  40. Murman AM1429 adopted

  41. Bosn AM1386 to AM1320 filed

  42. Speaker Arch MO244 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed

  43. Speaker Arch MO244 prevailed

  44. Bosn AM1386 adopted

  45. Clements AM1320 adopted

  46. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  47. Spivey AM1366 to AM1320 filed

  48. DeBoer AM1377 to AM1320 filed

  49. Spivey AM1423 to AM1320 filed

  50. Placed on Final Reading

  51. Cavanaugh, M. AM1461 filed

  52. Motion to return to Select File withdrawn

  53. Cavanaugh, M. AM1461 not considered

  54. DeBoer AM1377 withdrawn

  55. Motion to return to Select File withdrawn

  56. Spivey AM1366 not considered

  57. Motion to return to Select File withdrawn

  58. Spivey AM1423 not considered

  59. Dispensing of reading at large approved

  60. Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 37-11-1

  61. President/Speaker signed

  62. Presented to Governor on May 15, 2025

  63. Communication

  64. Approved by Governor on May 21, 2025

  65. Provisions/portions of LB55 amended into LB261 by AM832

  66. Provisions/portions of LB57 amended into LB261 by AM832

  67. Provisions/portions of LB173 amended into LB261 by AM832

  68. Provisions/portions of LB284 amended into LB261 by AM1264

  69. Provisions/portions of LB348 amended into LB261 by AM1386

  70. Provisions/portions of LB452 amended into LB261 by AM832

  71. Provisions/portions of LB505 amended into LB261 by AM832

  72. Provisions/portions of LB580 amended into LB261 by AM832

  73. Provisions/portions of LB581 amended into LB261 by AM832

  74. Provisions/portions of LB621 amended into LB261 by AM832

  75. Provisions/portions of LB627 amended into LB261 by AM832

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