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Legislature approves wide slate of bills in final-reading session
Summary
The Nebraska Legislature passed multiple bills on final reading April 3, including measures on property, health programs and local taxing authority. Several bills carried emergency clauses; roll-call tallies are listed where the clerk recorded them.
The Nebraska Legislature passed scores of bills on final reading April 3, advancing a mix of policy changes and appropriations that the body said will affect state operations, health programs and local governments.
Among bills the Legislature approved on final reading were LB7, LB22 and LB22A (health and program-related language and appropriations), LB41 and LB41A (health program appropriations), LB105 (local government/utility/precinct language with an emergency clause), LB143 and LB144 (school and veterans' preferences measures), LB168 (pharmacy/contract protections; emergency clause), LB179 (retirement plan changes), LB185 (landlord/tenant and electronic notice updates), LB195 (overdose response and related protections) and many other measures covering childcare licensing, tourism grants and procurement rules. Speaker Arch also announced he had signed multiple bills later in the day into the record.
Why it matters: Final-reading passage is the decisive step before bills reach the governor. Several measures approved on April 3 include emergency clauses that make them effective upon signature; others contain new appropriations or policy shifts that will affect state and local programs and finances.
Vote tallies (as recorded by the clerk in session): LB7 — 47 ayes, 0 nays; LB22 — 47 ayes, 0 nays; LB22A — 47 ayes, 0 nays; LB41 — 47 ayes, 0 nays; LB41A — 47 ayes, 0 nays; LB105 (w/ emergency) — 46 ayes, 1 nay; LB143 — 47 ayes, 0 nays; LB144 — 47 ayes, 0 nays; LB168 (w/ emergency) — recorded as 42 ayes, 5 nays; LB179 — 47 ayes, 0 nays; LB185 — 47 ayes, 0 nays; LB195 — 47 ayes, 0 nays. (Clerk records for many bills show unanimous or broad margins; where the record printed a clerk tally that was ambiguous, the clerk notation is quoted here rather than interpreted.)
What next: Bills that passed will be enrolled and transmitted to the governor for signature or veto consistent with statute. Measures carrying emergency clauses take effect when signed; others take effect at the statutorily prescribed time.
Ending: The Legislature moved from final reading business into general-file consideration of additional bills after the roll-call session. The clerk’s journal contains the full recorded tallies and the journal entry lists final actions for each bill passed on April 3.
