---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require the State Treasurer to establish education scholarships and eliminate the Opportunity Scholarships Act"
description: "Require the State Treasurer to establish education scholarships and eliminate the Opportunity Scholarships Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 1402"
citation: "Nebraska LB 1402 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linehan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 69
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/038d1c49-4338-453f-a12f-7d3e213ceef5"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2024"
source_hash: "00cfa5f274a2e2cc8f3f0e9b68cb794c0894ba39f5ea74e2369e9e59462609bd"
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 1402 (108) — Require the State Treasurer to establish education scholarships and eliminate the Opportunity Scholarships 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/108/PDF/Intro/LB1402.pdf)
2. **Appropriations AM2679** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2679.pdf)
3. **Enrollment and Review ER135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER135.pdf)
4. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB1402.pdf)
5. **Linehan AM3431** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM3431.pdf)
6. **Linehan MO1414** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/MO1414.pdf)
7. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB1402.pdf)

## Votes

- Linehan AM3431 adopted — **32–1** (fail) · legislature
- Linehan MO1188 failed — **7–34** (fail) · legislature
- Linehan MO1187 failed — **3–33** (fail) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. MO1384 failed — **4–31** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **31–12** (pass) · legislature
- Appropriations AM2679 adopted — **32–1** (fail) · legislature
- DeBoer MO1388 failed — **12–33** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause stricken 32-14-3 — **32–14** (pass) · legislature
- Linehan MO1418 prevailed — **33–14** (fail) · legislature
- Failed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 32-15-2 — **32–15** (fail) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. MO1383 failed — **7–30** (fail) · legislature
- Linehan MO1410 prevailed — **33–13** (fail) · legislature
- DeBoer MO1387 failed — **8–33** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **30–15** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Linehan — primary (person)
- Slama — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on April 24, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-18** Presented to Governor on April 18, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-18** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Correctly enrolled
- **2024-04-18** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause stricken 32-14-3 `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Failed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 32-15-2 `failure`
- **2024-04-18** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2024-04-18** DeBoer AM3459 not considered
- **2024-04-18** DeBoer AM3476 not considered
- **2024-04-18** Cavanaugh, M. FA422 not considered
- **2024-04-18** Cavanaugh, M. FA421 not considered
- **2024-04-18** Linehan FA224 not considered
- **2024-04-18** Linehan FA223 not considered
- **2024-04-18** Linehan FA222 not considered
- **2024-04-18** Linehan FA221 not considered
- **2024-04-18** Linehan FA220 not considered
- **2024-04-18** Linehan AM2590 not considered
- **2024-04-18** DeBoer MO1389 not considered
- **2024-04-18** DeBoer MO1388 failed
- **2024-04-18** Linehan MO1418 prevailed
- **2024-04-18** Linehan MO1418 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-10** DeBoer AM3459 to AM3431 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-10** DeBoer AM3476 to AM3431 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-04-10** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-04-10** DeBoer MO1387 failed
- **2024-04-10** Linehan MO1414 prevailed
- **2024-04-10** Linehan MO1414 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-10** Enrollment and Review ER135 adopted
- **2024-04-10** Enrollment and Review ER135 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Select File with ER135 `filing`
- **2024-04-09** DeBoer MO1389 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2024-04-09** DeBoer MO1388 Recommit to the Appropriations Committee filed `filing`
- **2024-04-09** DeBoer MO1387 Bracket until April 18, 2024 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-09** Cavanaugh, M. FA422 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-09** Cavanaugh, M. FA421 to AM2679 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-04-09** Appropriations AM2679 adopted
- **2024-04-09** Linehan AM3431 adopted
- **2024-04-09** Linehan MO1410 prevailed
- **2024-04-09** Linehan MO1410 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-09** Linehan AM3431 to AM2679 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-09** Linehan AM3016 withdrawn
- **2024-04-09** Cavanaugh, M. MO1385 withdrawn
- **2024-04-09** Cavanaugh, M. MO1385 Reconsider the vote taken on MO1188 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-09** Linehan MO1188 failed
- **2024-04-09** Cavanaugh, M. MO1384 failed
- **2024-04-09** Cavanaugh, M. MO1384 Reconsider the vote taken on MO1187 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-09** Linehan MO1187 failed
- **2024-04-09** Cavanaugh, M. MO1383 failed
- **2024-04-09** Cavanaugh, M. MO1383 Reconsider the vote taken on MO1186 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-09** Linehan MO1186 failed
- **2024-03-27** Slama name added
- **2024-03-25** Linehan AM3016 to AM2679 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-23** Appropriations AM2679 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-23** Placed on General File with AM2679 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Linehan MO1188 Recommit to the Appropriations Committee filed `filing`
- **2024-02-20** Linehan MO1187 Bracket until April 18, 2024 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-20** Linehan MO1186 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6, Sec. 3(f) filed `filing`
- **2024-02-20** Linehan AM2590 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-20** Linehan FA224 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-20** Linehan FA223 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-20** Linehan FA222 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-20** Linehan FA221 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-20** Linehan FA220 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-15** Linehan priority bill
- **2024-01-24** Notice of hearing for February 06, 2024
- **2024-01-18** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** 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/038d1c49-4338-453f-a12f-7d3e213ceef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).