---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change filing requirements for partisan candidates"
description: "Change filing requirements for partisan candidates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 34"
citation: "Nebraska LB 34 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ebke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8b057ce-a93b-4b22-a691-9c55e0c612bb"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "68ff81134929bab983bc1d0e7710cc2d40572892c03db3915a1ff451933b8ca2"
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 34 (105) — Change filing requirements for partisan candidates

## 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/LB34.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB34.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB34.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ebke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-02** Approved by Governor on April 27, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-24** Presented to Governor on April 24, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-24** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-04-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-04-04** Ebke AM898 withdrawn
- **2017-04-03** Ebke AM898 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-31** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2017-03-29** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-03-17** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2017-03-07** Ebke priority bill
- **2017-02-23** Notice of hearing for March 09, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Notice of hearing for March 15, 2017 (cancel)
- **2017-02-22** Notice of hearing for March 15, 2017
- **2017-01-09** Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** 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/c8b057ce-a93b-4b22-a691-9c55e0c612bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).