---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to civil claims of four thousand dollars or less"
description: "Change provisions relating to civil claims of four thousand dollars or less"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 710"
citation: "Nebraska LB 710 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be468197-3d54-4032-95a7-62f86fd89e38"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018"
source_hash: "6a7813b6aa75fbdd6a78378aa91bbb203be265a653ba9a9294542bf94d9fb521"
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 710 (105) — Change provisions relating to civil claims of four thousand dollars or less

## 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/LB710.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB710.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB710.pdf)

## Votes

- Chambers MO205 failed — **1–47** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers FA97 lost — **0–40** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO200 failed — **0–36** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Chambers MO201 failed — **2–18** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers FA96 lost — **0–34** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **46–1** (pass) · legislature
- Baker AM1889 adopted — **31–0** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO204 failed — **2–38** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO202 failed — **1–46** (fail) · legislature
- Walz AM1763 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Baker MO203 prevailed — **47–1** (fail) · legislature
- Judiciary AM1683 adopted — **48–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** Wayne explanation of vote
- **2018-02-28** Approved by Governor on February 28, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-26** Presented to Governor on February 23, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-23** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Correction
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Final Reading with ST42 `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-02-13** Baker AM1889 adopted
- **2018-02-13** Baker AM1889 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-13** Chambers AM1867 withdrawn
- **2018-02-12** Chambers AM1867 pending
- **2018-02-12** Chambers AM1867 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-12** Walz AM1763 adopted
- **2018-02-12** Enrollment and Review ER108 adopted
- **2018-02-07** Enrollment and Review ER108 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Select File with ER108 `filing`
- **2018-02-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-02-06** Judiciary AM1683 adopted
- **2018-02-06** Baker MO203 prevailed
- **2018-02-06** Baker MO203 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2018-02-06** Chambers MO205 failed
- **2018-02-06** Chambers MO205 Recommit to Judiciary Committee filed `filing`
- **2018-02-06** Chambers MO204 failed
- **2018-02-06** Chambers MO204 Reconsider the vote on FA97 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-06** Chambers FA97 lost
- **2018-02-06** Chambers FA97 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-06** Chambers MO202 failed
- **2018-02-05** Walz AM1763 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-05** Chambers MO202 pending
- **2018-02-05** Chambers MO202 Reconsider the vote to indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2018-02-05** Chambers MO200 failed
- **2018-02-05** Chambers MO200 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2018-02-05** Chambers MO201 failed
- **2018-02-05** Chambers MO201 Reconsider the vote on FA96 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-05** Chambers FA96 lost
- **2018-02-05** Chambers FA96 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-05** Judiciary AM1683 pending
- **2018-01-31** Baker priority bill
- **2018-01-30** Judiciary AM1683 filed `filing`
- **2018-01-30** Placed on General File with AM1683 `filing`
- **2018-01-10** 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/be468197-3d54-4032-95a7-62f86fd89e38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).