---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriation Bill"
description: "Appropriation Bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 46A"
citation: "Nebraska LB 46A (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watermeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 16
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/078d3389-9d20-45e7-8b5e-c5c0b25473e5"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "31e2263d85423587a1db9e2f719fa17c55f7c7c28be790766235d38baf4cf9c1"
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 46A (105) — Appropriation Bill

## 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/LB46A.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB46A.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB46A.pdf)

## Votes

- Chambers FA45 lost — **0–30** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers FA28 lost — **0–33** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **36–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 28-3-18 — **28–3** (pass) · legislature
- Watermeier MO64 prevailed — **36–1** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers FA29 lost — **0–28** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO49 failed — **3–37** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO47 failed — **0–37** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO62 failed — **0–33** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO45 failed — **1–32** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO43 failed — **1–30** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers FA46 lost — **0–29** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO61 failed — **1–32** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **35–3** (pass) · legislature
- Watermeier MO48 prevailed — **39–1** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO42 failed — **2–24** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Watermeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-05** Approved by Governor on April 05, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-03** Presented to Governor on April 03, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-03** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Passed on Final Reading 28-3-18 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Chambers FA51 withdrawn
- **2017-04-03** Chambers FA51 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-03** Motion to return to Select File withdrawn `filing`
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-03-20** Watermeier MO64 prevailed
- **2017-03-20** Watermeier MO64 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2017-03-20** Chambers MO63 withdrawn
- **2017-03-20** Chambers MO63 Reconsider the vote to indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2017-03-20** Chambers MO62 failed
- **2017-03-20** Chambers MO62 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2017-03-17** Chambers MO61 failed
- **2017-03-17** Chambers MO61 Reconsider the vote on FA46 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-17** Chambers FA46 lost
- **2017-03-17** Chambers FA46 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-17** Chambers FA45 lost
- **2017-03-17** Chambers FA45 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2017-03-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-03-06** Watermeier MO48 prevailed
- **2017-03-06** Watermeier MO48 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2017-03-06** Chambers MO49 failed
- **2017-03-06** Chambers MO49 Reconsider the vote to bracket filed `filing`
- **2017-03-06** Chambers MO47 failed
- **2017-03-06** Chambers MO47 Bracket until June 2, 2017 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-03** Chambers MO45 failed
- **2017-03-02** Chambers MO45 pending
- **2017-03-02** Chambers MO45 Reconsider the vote on FA29 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-02** Chambers FA29 lost
- **2017-03-02** Chambers FA29 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-02** Chambers MO44 withdrawn
- **2017-03-02** Chambers MO44 Reconsider the vote to indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2017-03-02** Chambers MO43 failed
- **2017-02-28** Chambers MO43 pending
- **2017-02-28** Chambers MO43 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2017-02-28** Chambers MO42 failed
- **2017-02-28** Chambers MO42 Reconsider the vote on FA28 filed `filing`
- **2017-02-28** Chambers FA28 lost
- **2017-02-28** Chambers FA28 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-24** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2017-01-24** 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/078d3389-9d20-45e7-8b5e-c5c0b25473e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).