---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt and change competency and financial ability provisions relating to court proceedings as prescribed"
description: "Adopt and change competency and financial ability provisions relating to court proceedings as prescribed"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 259"
citation: "Nebraska LB 259 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90a5bcb5-7d2b-4880-846d-7adf06d42dd8"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "ad7189f03b3ae5c9b302ff400fa93d0e3f8e3001a75bd65e6e6e549f7fa887ee"
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 259 (105) — Adopt and change competency and financial ability provisions relating to court proceedings as prescribed

## 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/LB259.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB259.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB259.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 41-3-5 — **41–3** (pass) · legislature
- Hansen AM1082 adopted — **25–4** (fail) · legislature
- Judiciary AM933 adopted — **26–3** (fail) · legislature
- Hansen AM1186 adopted — **33–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **26–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-23** Provisions/portions of LB526 amended into LB259 by AM933
- **2017-05-23** Provisions/portions of LB395 amended into LB259 by AM933
- **2017-05-23** Provisions/portions of LB145 amended into LB259 by AM933
- **2017-05-15** Approved by Governor on May 12, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-09** Presented to Governor on May 08, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Passed on Final Reading 41-3-5 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-04-25** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-04-25** Hansen AM1186 adopted
- **2017-04-25** Hansen AM1186 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-25** Hansen AM1106 withdrawn
- **2017-04-25** Enrollment and Review ER66 adopted
- **2017-04-21** Enrollment and Review ER66 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-21** Placed on Select File with ER66 `filing`
- **2017-04-20** Hansen AM1106 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-19** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-04-19** Hansen AM1082 adopted
- **2017-04-19** Judiciary AM933 adopted
- **2017-04-18** Hansen AM1082 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-12** Judiciary AM933 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on General File with AM933 `filing`
- **2017-03-09** Hansen priority bill
- **2017-01-30** Notice of hearing for March 02, 2017
- **2017-01-13** Chambers name added
- **2017-01-13** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** 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/90a5bcb5-7d2b-4880-846d-7adf06d42dd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).