---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to cities, villages, and boards of adjustment and redefine qualifying business under the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act"
description: "Change provisions relating to cities, villages, and boards of adjustment and redefine qualifying business under the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 289"
citation: "Nebraska LB 289 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c62386fe-8ad5-4222-a4a7-0ccb022767e9"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "441b43b903f0543e548c753e5fe428181ce72b7cde4b1be00f72f749c3071a2c"
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 289 (109) — Change provisions relating to cities, villages, and boards of adjustment and redefine qualifying business under the Local Option Municipal Economic Development 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/LB289.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER12** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER12.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB289.pdf)
4. **McKinney AM309** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM309.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB289.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- McKinney AM309 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Urban Affairs Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-17** Approved by Governor on March 17, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-13** Presented to Governor on March 13, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-03-06** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-02-28** McKinney AM309 adopted
- **2025-02-28** Enrollment and Review ER12 adopted
- **2025-02-24** McKinney AM309 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-19** Enrollment and Review ER12 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on Select File with ER12 `filing`
- **2025-02-11** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-02-06** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-21** Notice of hearing for January 28, 2025
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Urban Affairs 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/c62386fe-8ad5-4222-a4a7-0ccb022767e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).