---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require the Department of Economic Development to award grants under the Business Innovation Act"
description: "Require the Department of Economic Development to award grants under the Business Innovation Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 1205"
citation: "Nebraska LB 1205 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clouse"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b3e5db7-9a85-4fcd-a12a-58ca9e805ba2"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2026"
source_hash: "c933f190cda4b159cc0e1af3a80b83c509ca3a1590a73cafa3821e2e46f532b8"
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 1205 (109) — Require the Department of Economic Development to award grants under the Business Innovation 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/109/PDF/Intro/LB1205.pdf)
2. **Clouse AM2630** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2630.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB1205.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB1205.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Clouse AM2630 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Clouse — primary (person)
- Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17** Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Presented to Governor on April 9, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Enrollment and Review ST66 recorded
- **2026-03-17** Enrollment and Review ST66 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Final Reading with ST66 `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Conrad name added
- **2026-03-12** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2026-03-12** Clouse AM2630 adopted
- **2026-03-12** Clouse AM2630 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-12** Kauth FA865 withdrawn
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2026-03-09** Andersen name added
- **2026-03-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2026-02-20** Speaker priority bill
- **2026-02-17** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-23** Notice of hearing for February 10, 2026
- **2026-01-23** Referred to Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Kauth FA865 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-21** 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/2b3e5db7-9a85-4fcd-a12a-58ca9e805ba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).