---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriate funds for the Governor's Emergency Program - COVID-19"
description: "Appropriate funds for the Governor's Emergency Program - COVID-19"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 1198"
citation: "Nebraska LB 1198 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stinner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b51d79e-869e-4319-819c-228867fbe4f8"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2020"
source_hash: "f646e39c99dc0f68b1b245922b6d9e234f0c8a22e0a66c54c8cec9f87829845c"
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 1198 (106) — Appropriate funds for the Governor's Emergency Program - COVID-19

## 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/LB1198.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB1198.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB1198.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
- Scheer MO177 prevailed — **45–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 45-0-4 — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Stinner AM2976 adopted — **44–0** (fail) · legislature
- Lathrop AM2844 lost — **14–13** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stinner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-20** Attorney General Opinion 20-007 to Lathrop
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor on March 25, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Presented to Governor on March 25, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Hilkemann explanation of vote
- **2020-03-25** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2020-03-25** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 45-0-4 `passage`
- **2020-03-25** Scheer MO177 prevailed
- **2020-03-25** Scheer MO177 Permit the bill to be read on Final Reading prior to the 45th legislative day filed `filing`
- **2020-03-23** Placed on Final Reading with ST52 `reading-3`
- **2020-03-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2020-03-23** Stinner AM2976 adopted
- **2020-03-23** Stinner AM2976 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-23** Slama AM2842 withdrawn
- **2020-03-23** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2020-03-23** Slama AM2842 refiled `filing`
- **2020-03-11** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2020-03-11** Lathrop AM2844 lost
- **2020-03-11** Slama AM2842 withdrawn
- **2020-03-10** Lathrop AM2844 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-09** Slama AM2842 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-27** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2020-02-20** Appropriations priority bill
- **2020-01-28** Notice of hearing for February 04, 2020
- **2020-01-27** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** 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/1b51d79e-869e-4319-819c-228867fbe4f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).