---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change requirements for public lettings and biddings and provide an exception for the Department of Natural Resources under the State Procurement Act"
description: "Change requirements for public lettings and biddings and provide an exception for the Department of Natural Resources under the State Procurement Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 180"
citation: "Nebraska LB 180 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clouse"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9ce272b-a0da-4b93-ac05-38f3ef0373e7"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "1559774b522e1c9862f865de4b4fc3ae36f088de0b02befda2a07d082a95df8f"
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 180 (109) — Change requirements for public lettings and biddings and provide an exception for the Department of Natural Resources under the State Procurement 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/LB180.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER5.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB180.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB180.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **43–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Clouse — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-06** Presented to Governor on March 6, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-06** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-02-19** Enrollment and Review ER5 adopted
- **2025-02-11** Enrollment and Review ER5 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-11** Placed on Select File with ER5 `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-01-30** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-16** Notice of hearing for January 23, 2025
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** 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/a9ce272b-a0da-4b93-ac05-38f3ef0373e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).