---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change judges' salaries"
description: "Change judges' salaries"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 647"
citation: "Nebraska LB 647 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pansing Brooks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e5a7552-8818-4935-8fe0-a7cf06849d6d"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "1e8a8165b17b0659cd535a194575a6b5cd86e0ea5b2bcdb58e2d8ca885926f10"
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 647 (105) — Change judges' salaries

## 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/LB647.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB647.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB647.pdf)

## Votes

- Judiciary AM290 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 42-1-6 — **42–1** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **31–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Pansing Brooks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-23** Approved by Governor on May 22, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** Presented to Governor on May 16, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-16** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-05-16** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 42-1-6 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-03** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-04-10** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2017-04-05** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-04-05** Chambers MO73 withdrawn
- **2017-04-05** Chambers MO73 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2017-04-05** Judiciary AM290 adopted
- **2017-04-05** Murante MO72 withdrawn
- **2017-04-05** Murante MO72 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6, Section 3(f) filed `filing`
- **2017-03-13** Speaker priority bill
- **2017-02-22** Judiciary AM290 filed `filing`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on General File with AM290 `filing`
- **2017-01-24** Notice of hearing for February 10, 2017
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Judiciary 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/0e5a7552-8818-4935-8fe0-a7cf06849d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).