---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt certain employees of the Nebraska State Historical Society from the State Personnel System and change election provisions for the board of trustees of the Nebraska State Historical Society"
description: "Exempt certain employees of the Nebraska State Historical Society from the State Personnel System and change election provisions for the board of trustees of the Nebraska State Historical Society"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 447"
citation: "Nebraska LB 447 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDonnell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e009c07-0494-4794-b62d-d40d1bbabf44"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "b37fe76fc3546e1ca969f987e001d24af6a21b94186e0114c8ce376ace5f111d"
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 447 (106) — Exempt certain employees of the Nebraska State Historical Society from the State Personnel System and change election provisions for the board of trustees of the Nebraska State Historical Society

## 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/LB447.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB447.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB447.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM548 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McDonnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB385 amended into LB447 by AM548
- **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`
- **2019-05-21** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-05-16** Enrollment and Review ER117 adopted
- **2019-05-13** Enrollment and Review ER117 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-13** Placed on Select File with ER117 `filing`
- **2019-05-10** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-05-10** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM548 adopted
- **2019-03-05** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM548 filed `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on General File with AM548 `filing`
- **2019-02-04** Notice of hearing for February 13, 2019
- **2019-01-23** Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** 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/2e009c07-0494-4794-b62d-d40d1bbabf44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).