---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriate funds for salaries of constitutional officers"
description: "Appropriate funds for salaries of constitutional officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 263"
citation: "Nebraska LB 263 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Speaker Arch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c243093-6ca1-4857-ba86-7f6ed8d6a2e3"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "4ffc6052cd2ba47e0afcdc7f95fe5b52cea2f19ad134e5d4728186eef9fa3420"
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 263 (109) — Appropriate funds for salaries of constitutional officers

## 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/LB263.pdf)
2. **Appropriations AM834** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM834.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB263.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB263.pdf)

## Votes

- Appropriations AM834 adopted — **41–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 42-7*-0 — **42–7** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **38–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Speaker Arch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-27** Approved by Governor on May 21, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Presented to Governor on May 15, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 42-7*-0 `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-05-12** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-05-09** Clements FA158 withdrawn
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-05-07** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-05-07** Appropriations AM834 adopted
- **2025-04-29** Clements FA158 to AM834 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Appropriations AM834 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General File with AM834 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04** Notice of hearing for February 18, 2025
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** 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/1c243093-6ca1-4857-ba86-7f6ed8d6a2e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).