---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for voluntary payments in lieu of taxes on water augmentation project lands as prescribed"
description: "Provide for voluntary payments in lieu of taxes on water augmentation project lands as prescribed"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 758"
citation: "Nebraska LB 758 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25c9c04b-50f0-4ec0-adbc-dae1c07096c1"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018"
source_hash: "a7135e9577b0e2cd6b1bd5650e6ec34dac1cdf81c9f49877a451f124a9f5af1e"
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 758 (105) — Provide for voluntary payments in lieu of taxes on water augmentation project lands as prescribed

## 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/LB758.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB758.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB758.pdf)

## Votes

- Chambers MO193 failed — **1–43** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO192 failed — **1–40** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 45-0-4 — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Natural Resources AM1573 adopted — **46–1** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO209 failed — **4–27** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO186 failed — **0–43** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers AM1866 lost — **5–30** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO211 failed — **1–43** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers FA92 lost — **0–38** (fail) · legislature
- Hughes MO210 prevailed — **45–1** (fail) · legislature
- Motion to return to Select File failed — **0–41** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO184 failed — **0–37** (fail) · legislature
- Hughes MO194 prevailed — **45–1** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hughes — 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 with Emergency Clause 45-0-4 `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Chambers FA107 withdrawn
- **2018-02-23** Chambers FA107 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-23** Motion to return to Select File failed `filing`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-12** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-02-12** Hughes MO210 prevailed
- **2018-02-12** Hughes MO210 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2018-02-12** Chambers MO211 failed
- **2018-02-12** Chambers MO211 Reconsider the vote to indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2018-02-12** Chambers MO184 failed
- **2018-02-12** Chambers MO209 failed
- **2018-02-12** Chambers MO209 Reconsider the vote on AM1866 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-12** Chambers AM1866 lost
- **2018-02-12** Chambers AM1866 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-12** Enrollment and Review ER103 adopted
- **2018-01-31** Enrollment and Review ER103 filed `filing`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Select File with ER103 `filing`
- **2018-01-30** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-01-30** Natural Resources AM1573 adopted
- **2018-01-30** Hughes MO194 prevailed
- **2018-01-30** Hughes MO194 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2018-01-30** Chambers MO193 failed
- **2018-01-30** Chambers MO193 Reconsider the vote on FA92 filed `filing`
- **2018-01-30** Chambers FA92 lost
- **2018-01-30** Chambers MO192 failed
- **2018-01-30** Chambers MO192 Reconsider the vote to bracket filed `filing`
- **2018-01-30** Chambers MO186 failed
- **2018-01-25** Chambers MO186 pending
- **2018-01-25** Chambers MO186 Bracket until April 18, 2018 filed `filing`
- **2018-01-25** Chambers FA92 pending
- **2018-01-24** Groene name added
- **2018-01-24** Chambers MO184 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2018-01-24** Chambers FA92 pending
- **2018-01-24** Chambers FA92 filed `filing`
- **2018-01-24** Natural Resources AM1573 pending
- **2018-01-22** Natural Resources priority bill
- **2018-01-22** Natural Resources AM1573 filed `filing`
- **2018-01-22** Placed on General File with AM1573 `filing`
- **2018-01-10** Notice of hearing for January 17, 2018
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Natural Resources 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/25c9c04b-50f0-4ec0-adbc-dae1c07096c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).