---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for payment of claims against the state"
description: "Provide for payment of claims against the state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 171"
citation: "Nebraska LB 171 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f171715-ee2a-4ad0-a7a0-02b1c967a1fe"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "31980291bcd2e12f9a461e4a7bdfe5241a1a2e5b529241e947f66861862d3cca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ne"]
---

# Nebraska LB 171 (105) — Provide for payment of claims against the state

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Intro/LB171.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB171.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB171.pdf)

## Votes

- Business and Labor AM672 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 44-1-4 — **44–1** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Albrecht — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-15** Approved by Governor on May 12, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Presented to Governor on May 08, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 44-1-4 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-05-04** Enrollment and Review ER84 adopted
- **2017-05-03** Enrollment and Review ER84 filed `filing`
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Select File with ER84 `filing`
- **2017-05-02** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-05-02** Business and Labor AM672 adopted
- **2017-03-22** Business and Labor AM672 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on General File with AM672 `filing`
- **2017-02-02** Notice of hearing for March 20, 2017
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Date of introduction `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f171715-ee2a-4ad0-a7a0-02b1c967a1fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).