---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change certain district court judicial district boundaries"
description: "Change certain district court judicial district boundaries"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 697"
citation: "Nebraska LB 697 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ebke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffdeb808-be4f-48ff-8303-f8719252a3b8"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018"
source_hash: "eb945e48e1d5668537f04a2afb66bb1273b349de7a13f95d1d31ef42b1753d22"
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 697 (105) — Change certain district court judicial district boundaries

## 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/LB697.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB697.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB697.pdf)

## Votes

- Chambers MO247 failed — **1–27** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO245 failed — **1–23** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Chambers MO244 failed — **0–25** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO246 failed — **1–24** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ebke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-04** Approved by Governor on April 04, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-29** Presented to Governor on March 29, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-29** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2018-03-07** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-03-07** Chambers MO247 failed
- **2018-03-07** Chambers MO247 Reconsider the vote to recommit to committee filed `filing`
- **2018-03-07** Chambers MO246 failed
- **2018-03-07** Chambers MO246 Recommit to Judiciary Committee filed `filing`
- **2018-03-07** Chambers MO245 failed
- **2018-03-07** Chambers MO245 Reconsider the vote to indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2018-03-07** Chambers MO244 failed
- **2018-03-07** Chambers MO244 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2018-02-21** Speaker priority bill
- **2018-01-30** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2018-01-09** Notice of hearing for January 19, 2018
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** 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/ffdeb808-be4f-48ff-8303-f8719252a3b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).