NebraskaNebraska posts local finances and sets rules for elections and campaigns
Nebraska posts local government finances online, and a village clerk may handle limited payments when more than half the board seats are vacant.
What it does
The state maintains an online database of financial information for every county, city, and village. It may include more detailed city and village audit information when available.
When more than half a village board's seats are vacant, its clerk may handle only previously approved spending and payments required by law or contract, if the board authorized it by resolution.
A party may let voters without party affiliation vote for its candidates in the next primary if it files the required rule at least 60 days ahead.
Foreign nationals may not fund or direct ballot-question campaigns, and committees may not accept their contributions. A limited rule applies to qualifying U.S.-based subsidiaries.
Argument forResidents may find it easier to compare local finances when the state posts county, city, and village information online.
Argument againstVoters without party affiliation may have fewer primary choices when a party does not adopt and file a rule letting them vote.
More detail
The Department of Administrative Services maintains a public website database of local financial information. The database covers every county, city, and village in Nebraska. The database may include additional revenue, spending, and balance-sheet information for a city or village when available. The department sets a start date for the database no later than January 1, 2027.
A village clerk may prepare claims and issue warrants when more than half the village board's seats are vacant. This applies to a village board of trustees when more than half its members' seats are vacant. The board must authorize the clerk by resolution each year. The clerk may handle only spending the board already approved or payments required by law or enforceable contracts, and may not conduct other village business. The board reviews claims and warrants after vacancies no longer exceed half its seats. The board passes the authorizing resolution each December, or as soon as reasonably possible afterward. The clerk's authority lasts until the vacancies are filled.
A political party may let voters without party affiliation vote for its candidates in a primary by filing its adopted rule with the Secretary of State. The rule concerns registered voters who are not affiliated with any political party and candidates of the party that adopts it. The party must file a letter and a copy of its governing body's rule at least 60 days before the primary. Once filed, the rule cannot be withdrawn and applies only to the next primary. The filed rule applies only to the primary immediately following the rule's adoption.
A ballot-question committee may not accept foreign-national contributions, and foreign nationals may not fund or direct ballot-question campaign activity. These rules cover foreign nationals, ballot-question committees, and qualifying U.S.-based subsidiaries of foreign nationals. A U.S.-based subsidiary may contribute or spend if its foreign parent does not fund the activity and U.S. citizens or permanent residents make all related decisions. Foreign nationals may volunteer and engage in nonmonetary advocacy unless the activity counts as a contribution or expenditure. These provisions take effect July 18, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Apr 17Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026To Governor
- Apr 17Approved by Governor Jim Pillen on April 15, 2026Became Law
- Apr 17Provisions/portions of LB884 amended into LB1075 by AM2496
- Apr 17Provisions/portions of LB927 amended into LB1075 by AM2496
- Apr 17Provisions/portions of LB969 amended into LB1075 by AM2496
- Apr 17Provisions/portions of LB1002 amended into LB1075 by AM2496
- Apr 17Provisions/portions of LB1074 amended into LB1075 by AM2496
- Apr 10Dungan MO567 withdrawn
- Vote recorded Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0. Result: pass.Legislature
- Apr 10Dungan FA1181 withdrawn
- Apr 10Dungan FA1182 withdrawn
- Apr 10Dungan FA1183 withdrawn
- Apr 10Dispensing of reading at large approved
- Apr 10Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0Passed 2nd Chamber
- Apr 10President/Speaker signedPassed 1st Chamber
- Apr 8Placed on Final ReadingMinor
- Apr 7Dungan FA1181 filedMinor
- Vote recorded Cavanaugh, J. MO556 failed. Result: fail.Legislature
- Vote recorded Sanders AM3111 adopted. Result: pass.Legislature
- Vote recorded Cavanaugh, M. MO569 failed. Result: fail.Legislature
- Vote recorded Sanders AM3109 adopted. Result: pass.Legislature
- Vote recorded Sanders AM3110 adopted. Result: pass.Legislature
- Vote recorded Raybould AM3054 lost. Result: fail.Legislature
- Apr 7Dungan FA1182 filedMinor
- Apr 7Dungan FA1183 filedMinor
- Apr 7Dungan MO567 Recommit to the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee filedMinor
- Apr 7Enrollment and Review ER171 adopted
- Apr 7Kauth FA734 withdrawn
- Apr 7Sanders AM2955 divided
- Apr 7Sanders AM3109 filedMinor
- Apr 7Sanders AM3110 filedMinor
- Apr 7Sanders AM3111 filedMinor
- Apr 7Cavanaugh, M. FA1167 to AM2955 filedMinor
- Apr 7Cavanaugh, J. MO556 failed
- Apr 7Cavanaugh, M. MO569 Reconsider the vote taken on MO556 filedMinor
- Apr 7Cavanaugh, M. MO569 failed
- Apr 7Dungan MO558 not considered
- Apr 7Cavanaugh, J. MO557 pending
- Apr 7Sanders AM3111 pending
- Apr 7Cavanaugh, J. MO557 withdrawn
- Apr 7Dungan MO559 withdrawn
- Apr 7Cavanaugh, M. FA1167 withdrawn
- Apr 7Ballard AM3024 withdrawn
- Apr 7Sanders AM3111 adopted
- Apr 7Sanders AM3110 adopted
- Apr 7Sanders AM3109 adopted
- Apr 7Raybould AM2985 withdrawn
- Apr 7Raybould AM3054 lost
- Apr 7Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- Apr 1Raybould AM2985 filedMinor
- Apr 1Raybould AM3054 filedMinor
- Apr 1Ballard AM3024 filedMinor
- Apr 1Cavanaugh, J. MO556 Bracket until April 17, 2026 filedMinor
- Apr 1Cavanaugh, J. MO557 Recommit to the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee filedMinor
- Apr 1Dungan MO558 Bracket until April 17, 2026 filedMinor
- Apr 1Dungan MO559 Recommit to the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee filedMinor
- Mar 30Sanders AM2955 filedMinor
- Mar 30Placed on Select File with ER171Minor
- Mar 30Enrollment and Review ER171 filedMinor
- Mar 23Conrad AM2654 to AM2496 filedMinor
- Vote recorded Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM2496 adopted. Result: pass.Legislature
- Vote recorded Conrad AM2654 adopted. Result: pass.Legislature
- Vote recorded Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial. Result: pass.Legislature
- Mar 23Conrad AM2654 adopted
- Mar 23Cavanaugh, M. FA1112 to AM2496 filedMinor
- Mar 23Cavanaugh, M. FA1112 withdrawn
- Mar 23Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM2496 adopted
- Mar 23Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- Mar 17Placed on General File with AM2496Minor
- Mar 17Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM2496 filedMinor
- Feb 12Government, Military and Veterans Affairs priority bill
- Feb 3Notice of hearing for February 11, 2026
- Jan 20Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs CommitteeMinor
- Jan 16Kauth FA734 filedMinor
- Jan 15Date of introductionIntroduced
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