---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change population threshold for the county civil service system and change provisions relating to personnel policy boards and boards of county commissioners"
description: "Change population threshold for the county civil service system and change provisions relating to personnel policy boards and boards of county commissioners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 508"
citation: "Nebraska LB 508 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilgers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4b563b4-a30a-45ef-86a3-ea48216c214d"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "5cea15ce0ad697e755318fdb79b841df1b8826310257ab1e2ee8759181ac0f71"
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 508 (105) — Change population threshold for the county civil service system and change provisions relating to personnel policy boards and boards of county commissioners

## 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/LB508.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB508.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB508.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM658 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hilgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-15** Approved by Governor on May 12, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-09** Presented to Governor on May 08, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-02** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-05-02** Enrollment and Review ER77 adopted
- **2017-04-25** Enrollment and Review ER77 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Select File with ER77 `filing`
- **2017-04-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-04-20** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM658 adopted
- **2017-04-04** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM658 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-04** Placed on General File with AM658 `filing`
- **2017-02-08** Notice of hearing for February 22, 2017
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** 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/b4b563b4-a30a-45ef-86a3-ea48216c214d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).