---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Meadowlark Act, the Employer Matching Contribution Incentive Program, and the College Savings Plan Low-Income Matching Scholarship Program and change the Nebraska educational savings plan trust"
description: "Adopt the Meadowlark Act, the Employer Matching Contribution Incentive Program, and the College Savings Plan Low-Income Matching Scholarship Program and change the Nebraska educational savings plan trust"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 610"
citation: "Nebraska LB 610 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lindstrom"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c782d68b-1e73-4a66-aa96-a2365ed2c710"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "be98f557b8807781c7b458652e4a90f912f6972572914a470d3e80a1a0f1a742"
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 610 (106) — Adopt the Meadowlark Act, the Employer Matching Contribution Incentive Program, and the College Savings Plan Low-Income Matching Scholarship Program and change the Nebraska educational savings plan trust

## 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/LB610.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB610.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB610.pdf)

## Votes

- Wishart AM1365 adopted — **29–0** (fail) · legislature
- Wishart AM1771 adopted — **45–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Revenue AM917 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **31–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lindstrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB547 amended into LB610 by AM1365
- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB544 amended into LB610 by AM1771
- **2019-05-31** Approved by Governor on May 30, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Presented to Governor on May 24, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Final Reading with ST32 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-05-21** Wishart AM1771 adopted
- **2019-05-21** Wishart AM1554 withdrawn
- **2019-05-21** Enrollment and Review ER90 adopted
- **2019-05-13** Wishart AM1771 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-01** Wishart AM1554 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-23** Enrollment and Review ER90 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Select File with ER90 `filing`
- **2019-04-16** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-04-16** Lindstrom AM701 withdrawn
- **2019-04-16** Linehan AM481 withdrawn
- **2019-04-16** Wishart AM1365 adopted
- **2019-04-16** Wishart AM1365 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-16** Revenue AM917 adopted
- **2019-03-26** Revenue AM917 filed `filing`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on General File with AM917 `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Lindstrom priority bill
- **2019-03-13** Lindstrom AM701 filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Notice of hearing for March 14, 2019, on AM481
- **2019-03-07** Linehan AM481 filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Notice of hearing for February 06, 2019
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** 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/c782d68b-1e73-4a66-aa96-a2365ed2c710`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).