Legislature bill · 109
LB 596
Change requirements for legal publications and notices required by law, provisions of the Open Meetings Act, county inventories, warrants, and discharge records, storage requirements for certain records, petitions to change names, marriage license and record fees, reports of abandoned property, and the Nebraska Hall of Fame and eliminate a penalty for certain public officials and provisions relating to the registration of farm, ranch, or home names
Progress
450 days from first to latest action, across 41 recorded actions.
Filed
Jan 22
Referred to committee
Jan 24
Heard in committee
Mar 3
Reported from committee
Mar 3
Passed the Legislature
Apr 10
Sent to governor
Apr 17
Became law
Apr 17
Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.
Record votes
Each dot is one member, grouped by how they voted.
Rountree FA1027 adopted
Legislature · Mar 5, 2026
Passed 37–0
37 Yea
0 Nay
12 Absent / not voting
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM2282 adopted
Legislature · Mar 5, 2026
Passed 39–0
39 Yea
0 Nay
10 Absent / not voting
Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
Legislature · Mar 5, 2026
Passed 40–1
40 Yea
1 Nay
8 Absent / not voting
DeKay AM2428 adopted
Legislature · Mar 5, 2026
Passed 32–0
32 Yea
0 Nay
17 Absent / not voting
Lonowski AM2730 adopted
Legislature · Mar 31, 2026
Passed 29–1
29 Yea
1 Nay
19 Absent / not voting
Passed on Final Reading 46-3*-0
Legislature · Apr 10, 2026
Passed 46–3
46 Yea
3 Nay
0 Absent / not voting
Full history
Every action recorded by Nebraska Legislature.
Provisions/portions of LB1159 amended into LB596 by AM2730
Apr 17, 2026 · Legislature
Provisions/portions of LB1145 amended into LB596 by AM2282
Apr 17, 2026 · Legislature
Provisions/portions of LB923 amended into LB596 by AM2282
Apr 17, 2026 · Legislature
Provisions/portions of LB919 amended into LB596 by AM2282
Apr 17, 2026 · Legislature
Provisions/portions of LB898 amended into LB596 by AM2282
Apr 17, 2026 · Legislature
Provisions/portions of LB896 amended into LB596 by AM2282
Apr 17, 2026 · Legislature
Provisions/portions of LB869 amended into LB596 by AM2428
Apr 17, 2026 · Legislature
Provisions/portions of LB739 amended into LB596 by FA1027
Apr 17, 2026 · Legislature
Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026
Apr 17, 2026 · Governor
Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026
Apr 17, 2026 · Governor
President/Speaker signed
Apr 10, 2026 · Legislature
Passed on Final Reading 46-3*-0
Apr 10, 2026 · Legislature
Dispensing of reading at large approved
Apr 10, 2026 · Legislature
Enrollment and Review ST79 recorded
Apr 7, 2026 · Legislature
Enrollment and Review ST79 filed
Apr 7, 2026 · Legislature
Placed on Final Reading with ST79
Apr 7, 2026 · Legislature
Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
Mar 31, 2026 · Legislature
Dover AM2987 not further considered
Mar 31, 2026 · Legislature
Dover AM2987 not germane
Mar 31, 2026 · Legislature
Lonowski AM2730 adopted
Mar 31, 2026 · Legislature
Enrollment and Review ER140 adopted
Mar 31, 2026 · Legislature
Dover AM2987 filed
Mar 30, 2026 · Legislature
Lonowski AM2730 filed
Mar 18, 2026 · Legislature
Enrollment and Review ER140 filed
Mar 11, 2026 · Legislature
Placed on Select File with ER140
Mar 11, 2026 · Legislature
Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
Mar 5, 2026 · Legislature
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM2282 adopted
Mar 5, 2026 · Legislature
Rountree FA1027 adopted
Mar 5, 2026 · Legislature
Rountree FA1027 filed
Mar 5, 2026 · Legislature
DeKay AM2428 adopted
Mar 5, 2026 · Legislature
Lonowski AM2405 withdrawn
Mar 5, 2026 · Legislature
Point of order on germaneness of AM2405 withdrawn
Mar 5, 2026 · Legislature
DeKay AM2428 to AM2282 filed
Mar 4, 2026 · Legislature
Lonowski AM2405 to AM2282 filed
Mar 3, 2026 · Legislature
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM2282 filed
Mar 3, 2026 · Legislature
Placed on General File with AM2282 Government, Military and Veterans Affairs
Mar 3, 2026 · Legislature
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs priority bill
Feb 12, 2026 · Legislature
Title printed. Carryover bill
Jan 7, 2026 · Legislature
Notice of hearing for March 13, 2025
Mar 3, 2025 · Legislature
Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Government, Military and Veterans Affairs
Jan 24, 2025 · Legislature
Date of introduction
Jan 22, 2025 · Legislature
Authors
In committee
- Government, Military and Veterans Affairs
Legislature
Referred Jan 24, 2025 · heard Mar 3, 2026 · reported after 403 days