---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriate funds for capital construction and property acquisition"
description: "Appropriate funds for capital construction and property acquisition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 297"
citation: "Nebraska LB 297 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Speaker Scheer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/668a751f-8f6c-4f0f-8aba-49f85d8202d2"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "46874356459a57a6c20c66968b4fe2b4794ef214a5c383dd66b1315bf4d7e0a0"
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 297 (106) — Appropriate funds for capital construction and property acquisition

## 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/LB297.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB297.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB297.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to return to Select File failed — **17–30** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-9-2 — **38–9** (pass) · legislature
- Bolz AM1747 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **41–0** (pass) · legislature
- Appropriations AM1482 adopted — **43–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Speaker Scheer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB562 amended into LB297 by AM1482
- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB171 amended into LB297 by AM1482
- **2019-05-30** Approved by Governor on May 27, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Presented to Governor on May 21, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-9-2 `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2019-05-21** Erdman AM1868 withdrawn
- **2019-05-21** Erdman AM1868 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-21** Motion to return to Select File failed `filing`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Final Reading with ST25 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-14** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-05-14** Bolz AM1747 adopted
- **2019-05-13** Bolz AM1747 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-08** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2019-05-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-05-08** Appropriations AM1482 adopted
- **2019-05-02** Appropriations AM1482 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on General File with AM1482 `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Notice of hearing for February 26, 2019
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** 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/668a751f-8f6c-4f0f-8aba-49f85d8202d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).