---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to cities and villages filing for bankruptcy"
description: "Change provisions relating to cities and villages filing for bankruptcy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 72"
citation: "Nebraska LB 72 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schumacher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7f61190-31a6-46e1-ad0b-6d7fe38b500a"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "9d67d7c794ee43d2dd1af1b27b184079873bb0b9da30ac00acdbc3e4d2a2baf5"
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 72 (105) — Change provisions relating to cities and villages filing for bankruptcy

## 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/LB72.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB72.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB72.pdf)

## Votes

- Schumacher AM1404 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **29–14** (pass) · legislature
- Schumacher MO80 prevailed — **33–11** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 41-4-4 — **41–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Schumacher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-23** Approved by Governor on May 23, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18** Presented to Governor on May 18, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-05-18** Passed on Final Reading 41-4-4 `passage`
- **2017-05-18** Blood FA80 withdrawn
- **2017-05-18** Blood FA80 filed `filing`
- **2017-05-18** Motion to return to Select File withdrawn `filing`
- **2017-05-16** Placed on Final Reading with ST35 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-15** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-05-15** Schumacher AM1404 adopted
- **2017-05-15** Schumacher AM1404 filed `filing`
- **2017-05-15** Schumacher AM1360 withdrawn
- **2017-05-15** McDonnell AM789 withdrawn
- **2017-05-15** Enrollment and Review ER57 adopted
- **2017-05-11** Schumacher AM1360 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-18** Enrollment and Review ER57 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Select File with ER57 `filing`
- **2017-04-12** McDonnell AM789 refiled `filing`
- **2017-04-12** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-04-12** Schumacher MO80 prevailed
- **2017-04-12** Schumacher MO80 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2017-04-12** McDonnell AM789 withdrawn
- **2017-04-12** Crawford AM804 withdrawn
- **2017-03-29** Crawford AM804 pending
- **2017-03-29** Crawford AM804 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-29** McDonnell AM789 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-29** Hansen AM787 withdrawn
- **2017-03-29** Hansen AM787 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-03** Banking, Commerce and Insurance priority bill
- **2017-02-16** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2017-01-31** Notice of hearing for February 13, 2017
- **2017-01-09** Referred to Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** 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/b7f61190-31a6-46e1-ad0b-6d7fe38b500a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).