--- type: "Bill" title: "Provide powers and duties for public power districts related to cryptocurrency mining operations" description: "Provide powers and duties for public power districts related to cryptocurrency mining operations" jurisdiction: "us/states/ne" legislature: "Nebraska Legislature" session: "109" identifier: "LB 526" citation: "Nebraska LB 526 (109)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jacobson"] version_count: 5 action_count: 17 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2025-01-22" last_action: "2025-05-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9190b509-cabb-46b9-a3d7-db1f1687f505" source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025" source_hash: "e30017f2edeace8777dac84ba83c5ce5103777c2ef54f432bd2a8d8b22d60d34" 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 526 (109) — Provide powers and duties for public power districts related to cryptocurrency mining operations ## 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/LB526.pdf) 2. **Enrollment and Review ER43** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER43.pdf) 3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB526.pdf) 4. **Revenue AM691** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM691.pdf) 5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB526.pdf) ## Votes - Revenue AM691 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature - Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature - Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **35–0** (pass) · legislature ## Sponsors - Jacobson — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-05-21** Approved by Governor on May 20, 2025 `executive-signature` - **2025-05-14** Presented to Governor on May 14, 2025 `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-14** President/Speaker signed `passage` - **2025-05-14** Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 `passage` - **2025-04-29** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-24** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment - **2025-04-24** Enrollment and Review ER43 adopted - **2025-04-10** Enrollment and Review ER43 filed `filing` - **2025-04-10** Placed on Select File with ER43 `filing` - **2025-04-03** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial - **2025-04-03** Revenue AM691 adopted - **2025-03-27** Revenue AM691 filed `filing` - **2025-03-27** Placed on General File with AM691 `committee-passage` - **2025-03-14** Jacobson priority bill - **2025-02-04** Notice of hearing for February 12, 2025 - **2025-01-24** Referred to Revenue Committee `referral-committee` - **2025-01-22** 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/9190b509-cabb-46b9-a3d7-db1f1687f505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).