---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change and eliminate provisions relating to the Election Act and elections in cities of the metropolitan class and in cities of the primary class"
description: "Change and eliminate provisions relating to the Election Act and elections in cities of the metropolitan class and in cities of the primary class"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 521"
citation: "Nebraska LB 521 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanders"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1c48ec2-1c39-4678-809b-73006f15e656"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "7be35a30661afca4fc256eebaca49bcade8fe60e10784976624001c8c2d44c70"
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 521 (109) — Change and eliminate provisions relating to the Election Act and elections in cities of the metropolitan class and in cities of the primary class

## 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/LB521.pdf)
2. **Bosn FA190** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/FA190.pdf)
3. **Enrollment and Review ER75** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER75.pdf)
4. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB521.pdf)
5. **Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM1152** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1152.pdf)
6. **Sanders AM1333** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1333.pdf)
7. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB521.pdf)

## Votes

- Bosn FA190 adopted — **31–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **42–0** (pass) · legislature
- Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM1152 adopted — **41–0** (fail) · legislature
- Dungan FA191 lost — **16–30** (fail) · legislature
- Sanders AM1333 adopted — **43–0** (fail) · legislature
- Dungan MO233 failed — **18–26** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sanders — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB659 amended into LB521 by AM1152
- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB243 amended into LB521 by AM1152
- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB19 amended into LB521 by AM1152
- **2025-06-02** Approved by Governor on May 30, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** Presented to Governor on May 28, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-05-21** Enrollment and Review ST32 recorded
- **2025-05-21** Enrollment and Review ST32 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-21** Placed on Final Reading with ST32 `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-05-08** Dungan MO233 failed
- **2025-05-08** Dungan MO233 Reconsider the vote taken on FA191 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Dungan FA191 lost
- **2025-05-08** Dungan FA191 to AM1152 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Bosn FA190 adopted
- **2025-05-08** Bosn FA190 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Sanders AM1333 adopted
- **2025-05-08** Sanders AM1333 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Enrollment and Review ER75 adopted
- **2025-05-07** Enrollment and Review ER75 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Select File with ER75 `filing`
- **2025-05-01** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-05-01** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM1152 adopted
- **2025-04-29** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM1152 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General File with AM1152 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs priority bill
- **2025-02-11** Notice of hearing for February 20, 2025
- **2025-01-23** Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** 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/e1c48ec2-1c39-4678-809b-73006f15e656`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).