---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for payment of claims against the state"
description: "Provide for payment of claims against the state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 534"
citation: "Nebraska LB 534 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kauth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0b97910-6c02-4ff9-880f-32bdf4c1e814"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "e5f854f77de340ae8ee8ac9b6fe94b46175238b0059c6bd2ff9e5677ac86c74b"
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 534 (109) — Provide for payment of claims against the state

## 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/LB534.pdf)
2. **Business and Labor AM1243** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1243.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB534.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB534.pdf)

## Votes

- Business and Labor AM1243 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kauth — 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 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-05-15** Hunt AM1481 not considered
- **2025-05-15** Motion to return to Select File withdrawn `filing`
- **2025-05-15** Hunt AM1481 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-15** Hunt AM1480 not considered
- **2025-05-15** Motion to return to Select File withdrawn `filing`
- **2025-05-15** Hunt AM1480 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-13** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-12** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-05-09** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-05-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-05-08** Kauth AM491 withdrawn
- **2025-05-08** Business and Labor AM1243 adopted
- **2025-04-30** Business and Labor AM1243 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-30** Placed on General File with AM1243 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Notice of hearing for April 29, 2025 on AM491
- **2025-04-22** Kauth AM491 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-24** Notice of hearing for March 17, 2025
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Business and Labor 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/a0b97910-6c02-4ff9-880f-32bdf4c1e814`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).