Nebraska Governor Signs LB1209 Appropriations Bill
Summary
Nebraska Governor signed LB1209 on April 16, 2026, enacting a general appropriations bill consolidating funding for multiple legislative measures. The bill absorbed appropriations previously attached to LB867, LB759, LB847, LB901, LB1101, and LB1235. The legislation passed with an emergency clause on a 48-1 vote, giving it immediate effect upon signature.
What changed
LB1209 was enacted as Nebraska law, consolidating appropriations from multiple bills into a single legislative vehicle. The bill advanced through the 109th Legislature with sponsor Senator Robert Clements and was signed into law with an emergency clause, bypassing the typical 90-day effective date requirement.\n\nFor state agencies and programs whose funding was consolidated into LB1209, this bill represents the formal legal authority for continued operations and budget execution. Recipients of state appropriations should confirm that their funding streams are properly captured in the enrolled version of LB1209 rather than the indefinitely postponed bills.
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ChangeBridge / Nebraska / LB1209 Signed by Governor LB1209 LB Signed by Governor 2026-04-01
Provide and change appropriations for purposes of carrying out legislation and change provisions relating to appropriations and a transfer of funds
Bill Details
State Nebraska
Session 109th Legislature
Chamber House
Official Source nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.ph...
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Sponsors
Robert Clements (Sen - N)
Action History
2026-04-17 L Approved by Governor on April 16, 2026 2026-04-17 L Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026 2026-04-10 L President/Speaker signed 2026-04-10 L Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1-0 2026-04-10 L Dispensing of reading at large approved 2026-04-08 L Enrollment and Review ST98 recorded 2026-04-08 L Enrollment and Review ST98 filed 2026-04-08 L Placed on Final Reading with ST98 2026-04-08 L Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment 2026-04-08 L Clements AM3133 adopted 2026-04-08 L Kauth FA869 withdrawn 2026-04-07 L Clements AM3133 filed 2026-04-01 L Clements motion to suspend the rules to allow for the A bill for LB867 to be indefinitely postponed and for the appropriations for this bill to be contained in LB1209 prevailed 2026-03-31 L Clements motion to suspend the rules to allow for the A bill for LB867 to be indefinitely postponed and for the appropriations for this bill to be contained in LB1209 filed 2026-03-30 L Placed on Select File 2026-03-26 L Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial 2026-03-23 L Clements motion to suspend the rules to allow for the A bills for LBs 759, 847, 901, 1101, and 1235, to be indefinitely postponed and for the appropriations for these bills to be contained in LB1209 filed 2026-03-23 L Placed on General File 2026-02-19 L Appropriations priority bill 2026-01-26 L Notice of hearing for February 02, 2026 2026-01-23 L Referred to Appropriations Committee 2026-01-22 L Kauth FA869 filed 2026-01-21 L Date of introduction
Votes
2026-03-26 Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial Yea: 37 Nay: 0 2026-04-08 Clements AM3133 adopted Yea: 43 Nay: 0 2026-04-10 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-1-0 Yea: 48 Nay: 1
Committee Referrals
2026-01-23 L Appropriations
Amendments
2026-01-22 Kauth FA869 2026-03-23 Clements MO545 2026-04-07 Clements AM3133 2026-04-08 Enrollment and Review ST98
Bill Text Versions
2026-01-21 Introduced 2026-04-08 Enrolled 2026-04-08 Engrossed 2026-04-17 Chaptered Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)
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