---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to direct borrowing by cities and villages"
description: "Change provisions relating to direct borrowing by cities and villages"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 870"
citation: "Nebraska LB 870 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd1c7aef-5059-461e-b905-b09a6cc45a66"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2020"
source_hash: "fd6d1df69d3e58cc05c4c1cf476cf7c15e0546cc65c42692fa78b676908c3c0d"
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 870 (106) — Change provisions relating to direct borrowing by cities and villages

## 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/LB870.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB870.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB870.pdf)

## Votes

- Clements AM2613 adopted — **26–0** (fail) · legislature
- Urban Affairs AM2182 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **41–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-27** Approved by Governor on July 24, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-21** Hilkemann explanation of vote
- **2020-07-21** Presented to Governor on July 21, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-21** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2020-07-21** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2020-03-23** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2020-03-06** Clements AM2613 adopted
- **2020-03-04** Clements AM2613 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2020-02-26** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2020-02-26** Urban Affairs AM2182 adopted
- **2020-02-20** Clements priority bill
- **2020-02-18** Urban Affairs AM2182 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on General File with AM2182 `filing`
- **2020-01-21** Notice of hearing for January 28, 2020
- **2020-01-13** Referred to Urban Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** 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/fd1c7aef-5059-461e-b905-b09a6cc45a66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).