---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to appropriations and reduce appropriations"
description: "Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to appropriations and reduce appropriations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 944"
citation: "Nebraska LB 944 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Speaker Scheer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 69
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25e61dad-4f17-416b-9530-e318106bf39f"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018"
source_hash: "5f82df6df36f79b0b17feb5cbd43f4b1bb35afe43f8dd7d309d60813d67d6629"
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 944 (105) — Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to appropriations and reduce appropriations

## 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/LB944.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB944.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB944.pdf)

## Votes

- Krist AM2289 adopted — **28–15** (fail) · legislature
- Stinner AM2464 adopted — **37–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **44–4** (pass) · legislature
- Stinner MO279 failed — **30–8** (fail) · legislature
- Stinner MO295 failed — **31–7** (fail) · legislature
- Scheer AM2750 adopted — **40–4** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-6-5 — **38–6** (pass) · legislature
- Stinner MO261 prevailed — **33–3** (fail) · legislature
- Erdman AM2405 lost — **10–32** (fail) · legislature
- Appropriations AM1699 adopted — **41–1** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **38–6** (pass) · legislature
- Stinner MO307 prevailed — **43–4** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Speaker Scheer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23** Provisions/portions of LB1062 amended into LB944 by AM1699
- **2018-04-23** Provisions/portions of LB1055 amended into LB944 by AM1699
- **2018-04-23** Provisions/portions of LB864 amended into LB944 by AM1699
- **2018-04-23** Provisions/portions of LB802 amended into LB944 by AM1699
- **2018-04-23** Provisions/portions of LB674 amended into LB944 by AM1699
- **2018-04-04** Approved by Governor on April 04, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-03** Presented to Governor on April 03, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-03** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-6-5 `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2018-04-03** Chambers MO306 withdrawn
- **2018-04-03** Morfeld MO309 withdrawn
- **2018-04-03** Morfeld MO309 Recommit to Appropriations Committee filed `filing`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Final Reading with ST50 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-28** Chambers FA142 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-28** Chambers MO306 Bracket until April 18, 2018 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-28** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-03-28** Stinner MO307 prevailed
- **2018-03-28** Stinner MO307 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2018-03-28** Scheer AM2750 adopted
- **2018-03-28** Scheer AM2750 pending
- **2018-03-28** Scheer AM2750 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-23** Stinner MO295 failed
- **2018-03-23** Stinner MO295 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2018-03-23** Pansing Brooks AM2346 pending
- **2018-03-23** Pansing Brooks AM2346 pending
- **2018-03-23** Wishart AM2514 withdrawn
- **2018-03-21** Stinner MO279 failed
- **2018-03-21** Stinner MO279 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2018-03-21** Wishart AM2514 pending
- **2018-03-21** Wishart AM2514 pending
- **2018-03-21** Erdman AM2405 lost
- **2018-03-21** Erdman AM2405 pending
- **2018-03-21** Krist AM2289 adopted
- **2018-03-21** Stinner AM2464 adopted
- **2018-03-21** Enrollment and Review ER129 adopted
- **2018-03-20** Speaker Major Proposal
- **2018-03-20** Wishart AM2515 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-20** Wishart AM2514 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-20** Stinner AM2464 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-14** Enrollment and Review ER129 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Select File with ER129 `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Chambers MO260 Recommit to Appropriations Committee filed `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Chambers FA117 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Chambers FA116 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Bolz AM2410 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Bolz AM2408 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Schumacher AM2356 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Erdman AM2407 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Erdman AM2405 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Pansing Brooks AM2346 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-03-13** Appropriations AM1699 adopted
- **2018-03-13** Stinner MO261 prevailed
- **2018-03-13** Stinner MO261 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Bolz AM2274 withdrawn
- **2018-03-13** Morfeld MO259 withdrawn
- **2018-03-13** Morfeld MO259 pending
- **2018-03-13** Morfeld MO259 Bracket until April 18, 2018 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Bolz AM2274 pending
- **2018-03-13** Appropriations AM1699 pending
- **2018-03-09** Krist AM2289 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-09** Appropriations AM1699 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-09** Placed on General File with AM1699 `filing`
- **2018-03-08** Bolz AM2274 filed `filing`
- **2018-01-22** Notice of hearing for February 05, 2018, on Section 71
- **2018-01-11** Notice of hearing for January 22, 2018
- **2018-01-11** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** 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/25e61dad-4f17-416b-9530-e318106bf39f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).