---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Nebraska Higher Blend Tax Credit Act and change provisions of the ImagiNE Nebraska Act, the Nebraska Advantage Rural Development Act, and the Urban Redevelopment Act"
description: "Adopt the Nebraska Higher Blend Tax Credit Act and change provisions of the ImagiNE Nebraska Act, the Nebraska Advantage Rural Development Act, and the Urban Redevelopment Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 1261"
citation: "Nebraska LB 1261 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/402c572d-d8dd-4448-9b6d-42b6a5ad1d19"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2022"
source_hash: "4617df464bb033e7ceca4a656cf6f78d368dca12c010b226651ebf4b8646904a"
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 1261 (107) — Adopt the Nebraska Higher Blend Tax Credit Act and change provisions of the ImagiNE Nebraska Act, the Nebraska Advantage Rural Development Act, and the Urban Redevelopment Act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Intro/LB1261.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB1261.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB1261.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Wayne AM2774 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Revenue AM2211 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Linehan AM2829 adopted — **37–1** (fail) · legislature
- Murman AM2760 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Murman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-20** Provisions/portions of LB596 amended into LB1261 by AM2760
- **2022-04-20** Approved by Governor on April 19, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Presented to Governor on April 13, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-13** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2022-04-13** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2022-04-13** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2022-04-13** Hansen, M. FA180 withdrawn
- **2022-04-11** Placed on Final Reading with ST75 `reading-3`
- **2022-04-11** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2022-04-11** Wayne AM2774 adopted
- **2022-04-11** Wayne AM2774 filed `filing`
- **2022-04-11** Linehan AM2829 adopted
- **2022-04-11** Linehan AM2829 filed `filing`
- **2022-04-11** Hansen, M. FA179 withdrawn
- **2022-04-11** Enrollment and Review ER173 adopted
- **2022-04-11** Enrollment and Review ER173 filed `filing`
- **2022-04-11** Placed on Select File with ER173 `filing`
- **2022-04-07** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2022-04-07** Revenue AM2211 adopted
- **2022-04-07** Murman AM2760 adopted
- **2022-04-07** Murman AM2760 filed `filing`
- **2022-04-07** Hansen, M. FA178 withdrawn
- **2022-04-07** Cavanaugh, M. MO213 withdrawn
- **2022-04-05** Cavanaugh, M. MO213 Bracket until April 20, 2022 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-25** Hansen, M. FA180 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-25** Hansen, M. FA179 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-25** Hansen, M. FA178 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-09** Revenue AM2211 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on General File with AM2211 `filing`
- **2022-02-22** Dorn priority bill
- **2022-02-17** Notice of hearing for March 03, 2022
- **2022-01-24** Referred to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** 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/402c572d-d8dd-4448-9b6d-42b6a5ad1d19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).