---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase the number of district court judges in Douglas County"
description: "Increase the number of district court judges in Douglas County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 309"
citation: "Nebraska LB 309 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lathrop"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a3dcf31-351d-493c-b524-4a661c63ab47"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "a0f07c8eb495d8bcce6917f2dd357e1ec69c9716d5f530d82da25ecb90c806aa"
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 309 (106) — Increase the number of district court judges in Douglas County

## 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/LB309.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB309.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB309.pdf)

## Votes

- La Grone AM471 lost — **13–27** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO16 failed — **1–45** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Lathrop AM706 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lathrop — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30** Approved by Governor on May 29, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Presented to Governor on May 23, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-03-13** Lathrop AM706 adopted
- **2019-03-13** Lathrop AM706 filed `filing`
- **2019-03-13** La Grone AM477 withdrawn
- **2019-03-13** La Grone AM471 lost
- **2019-02-28** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-02-27** La Grone AM471 refiled `filing`
- **2019-02-27** La Grone AM471 withdrawn
- **2019-02-27** Chambers MO17 withdrawn
- **2019-02-26** La Grone AM477 filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** La Grone AM471 filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Chambers MO17 pending
- **2019-02-26** Chambers MO17 Reconsider the vote to bracket filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Chambers MO16 failed
- **2019-02-26** Chambers MO16 pending
- **2019-02-26** Chambers MO16 pending
- **2019-02-26** Chambers MO16 Bracket until June 6, 2019 filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Notice of hearing for February 08, 2019
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Judiciary 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/7a3dcf31-351d-493c-b524-4a661c63ab47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).