---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change various provisions relating to elections as prescribed"
description: "Change various provisions relating to elections as prescribed"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 451"
citation: "Nebraska LB 451 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murante"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/186a583a-482e-4a92-87c1-731d6ac699db"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "9663f9513c135ea6dcca075d9663a656dede4cf2f8563b903482c05b04fad1aa"
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 451 (105) — Change various provisions relating to elections 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/LB451.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB451.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB451.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM1137 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- Murante AM1244 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Murante AM1192 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Murante — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-23** Provisions/portions of LB314 amended into LB451 by AM1137
- **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 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-03** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-05-03** Murante AM1244 adopted
- **2017-05-03** Enrollment and Review ER80 adopted
- **2017-05-02** Murante AM1244 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-26** Enrollment and Review ER80 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Select File with ER80 `filing`
- **2017-04-25** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-04-25** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM1137 adopted
- **2017-04-25** Murante AM1192 adopted
- **2017-04-25** Murante AM1192 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-25** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM1137 pending
- **2017-04-21** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM1137 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-21** Placed on General File with AM1137 `filing`
- **2017-03-09** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs priority bill
- **2017-02-08** Notice of hearing for March 01, 2017
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** 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/186a583a-482e-4a92-87c1-731d6ac699db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).