---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide an interest payment exception for certain state highway and bridge construction contracts"
description: "Provide an interest payment exception for certain state highway and bridge construction contracts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 616"
citation: "Nebraska LB 616 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilgers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/008b8033-9988-4ba0-bdbf-b97e78514005"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "ac75a9faf9fc49a0f9c90c5f9933b1d269dd235d8784244a4128ab884be6f646"
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 616 (106) — Provide an interest payment exception for certain state highway and bridge construction contracts

## 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/LB616.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB616.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB616.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Transportation and Telecommunications AM442 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hilgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-08** Approved by Governor on May 08, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Presented to Governor on May 02, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-04-23** Passed over `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Enrollment and Review ER81 adopted
- **2019-04-15** Enrollment and Review ER81 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Select File with ER81 `filing`
- **2019-04-10** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-04-10** Hilgers AM203 withdrawn
- **2019-04-10** Transportation and Telecommunications AM442 adopted
- **2019-03-19** Hilgers priority bill
- **2019-02-22** Transportation and Telecommunications AM442 filed `filing`
- **2019-02-22** Placed on General File with AM442 `filing`
- **2019-02-08** Hilgers AM203 filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Notice of hearing for February 11, 2019
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications 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/008b8033-9988-4ba0-bdbf-b97e78514005`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).