---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change the jurisdictional amount of the Small Claims Court"
description: "Change the jurisdictional amount of the Small Claims Court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 139"
citation: "Nebraska LB 139 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a429c78-7dcf-46a4-89e9-34dd771f8ae5"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "e7d34c7f0f269b35cc1ee838b8aa9f61653fc3d866c4b63e1b75172aa004d38b"
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 139 (108) — Change the jurisdictional amount of the Small Claims Court

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Intro/LB139.pdf)
2. **Brandt FA212** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/FA212.pdf)
3. **Enrollment and Review ER61** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER61.pdf)
4. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB139.pdf)
5. **Judiciary AM1518** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1518.pdf)
6. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB139.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Judiciary AM1518 adopted — **31–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 43-0-6 — **43–0** (pass) · legislature
- Brandt FA212 adopted — **31–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brandt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-12** Approved by Governor on March 11, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-07** Presented to Governor on March 7, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 43-0-6 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-02-20** Enrollment and Review ER61 adopted
- **2024-02-14** Enrollment and Review ER61 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Select File with ER61 `filing`
- **2024-02-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-02-08** Judiciary AM1518 adopted
- **2024-02-08** Brandt FA212 adopted
- **2024-02-08** Brandt FA212 filed `filing`
- **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2023-05-03** Judiciary AM1518 filed `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on General File with AM1518 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24** Notice of hearing for March 03, 2023
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06** 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/2a429c78-7dcf-46a4-89e9-34dd771f8ae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).