---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Urban Redevelopment Act and provide tax incentives"
description: "Adopt the Urban Redevelopment Act and provide tax incentives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 544"
citation: "Nebraska LB 544 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d461a6f0-b104-42c7-a381-9989922c30bd"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "8d9d5f1ed08504d509cb35d58b5c552ae441d39b72268f6be755467a0086561c"
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 544 (107) — Adopt the Urban Redevelopment Act and provide tax incentives

## 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/LB544.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB544.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB544.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Wayne AM747 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-26** Approved by Governor on May 25, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Presented to Governor on May 20, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-20** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-04-06** Wayne AM747 adopted
- **2021-04-06** Enrollment and Review ER30 adopted
- **2021-03-29** Wayne AM747 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-29** Enrollment and Review ER30 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-29** Placed on Select File with ER30 `filing`
- **2021-03-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-03-12** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Wayne priority bill
- **2021-02-09** Notice of hearing for February 18, 2021
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** 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/d461a6f0-b104-42c7-a381-9989922c30bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).