---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions regarding the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and the Meadowlark Program and provide for tax deductions for certain contributions"
description: "Change provisions regarding the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and the Meadowlark Program and provide for tax deductions for certain contributions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 1042"
citation: "Nebraska LB 1042 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Grone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97065c4a-728f-4ec7-8506-937211ce8e6c"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2020"
source_hash: "a6e21b342c8ecb62b8de5c51a2d94340e2d2ed47c6eb3c61f1a51f18311ce203"
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 1042 (106) — Change provisions regarding the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and the Meadowlark Program and provide for tax deductions for certain contributions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Intro/LB1042.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB1042.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB1042.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **42–0** (pass) · legislature
- La Grone AM3083 adopted — **41–0** (fail) · legislature
- Pansing Brooks AM2685 adopted — **36–1** (fail) · legislature
- Morfeld AM2592 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature
- Revenue AM2181 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- La Grone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-18** Provisions/portions of LB1083 amended into LB1042 by AM2592
- **2020-08-11** Approved by Governor on August 07, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-03** Presented to Governor on August 03, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-03** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2020-08-03** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2020-08-03** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2020-07-22** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2020-07-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2020-07-20** La Grone AM3083 adopted
- **2020-07-20** La Grone AM3083 filed `filing`
- **2020-07-20** Enrollment and Review ER184 adopted
- **2020-03-05** Enrollment and Review ER184 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on Select File with ER184 `filing`
- **2020-03-03** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2020-03-03** Pansing Brooks AM2685 adopted
- **2020-03-03** Morfeld AM2592 adopted
- **2020-03-03** Revenue AM2181 adopted
- **2020-02-27** Pansing Brooks AM2685 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-26** Morfeld AM2592 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-21** La Grone priority bill
- **2020-02-21** Revenue AM2181 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-21** Placed on General File with AM2181 `filing`
- **2020-01-22** Notice of hearing for January 29, 2020
- **2020-01-22** Referred to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** 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/97065c4a-728f-4ec7-8506-937211ce8e6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).