---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to cemeteries and abandonment and reversion of cemetery lots"
description: "Change provisions relating to cemeteries and abandonment and reversion of cemetery lots"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 257"
citation: "Nebraska LB 257 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac7144b2-2a12-46fd-a64f-2834ab395a8d"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "a02d9b54a570ecda39d6e2db01ea7cadbb6af25e0a844e4d75e2489a612e3ab9"
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 257 (108) — Change provisions relating to cemeteries and abandonment and reversion of cemetery lots

## 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/LB257.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER58** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER58.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB257.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB257.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 44-0-5 — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **32–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lowe — 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 44-0-5 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2024-02-28** Enrollment and Review ST37 recorded
- **2024-02-28** Enrollment and Review ST37 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on Final Reading with ST37 `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-02-20** Enrollment and Review ER58 adopted
- **2024-02-14** Enrollment and Review ER58 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Select File with ER58 `filing`
- **2024-02-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2023-03-14** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08** Notice of hearing for March 06, 2023
- **2023-01-12** Referred to General Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** 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/ac7144b2-2a12-46fd-a64f-2834ab395a8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).