---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize certain cities and villages that own or operate natural gas systems to contract with industrial consumers of natural gas"
description: "Authorize certain cities and villages that own or operate natural gas systems to contract with industrial consumers of natural gas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 548"
citation: "Nebraska LB 548 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lippincott"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b113fc91-6207-426e-834c-9c40e17c81c0"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "b45cad24d0a71b75fda52bbb72f50dc00c5d6aab0390df586f3c2f93d6581c05"
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 548 (109) — Authorize certain cities and villages that own or operate natural gas systems to contract with industrial consumers of natural gas

## 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/LB548.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER108.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB548.pdf)
4. **Lippincott AM2072** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2072.pdf)
5. **Natural Resources AM664** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM664.pdf)
6. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB548.pdf)

## Votes

- Natural Resources AM664 adopted — **28–1** (fail) · legislature
- Lippincott AM2072 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **25–9** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-1*-1 — **47–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lippincott — primary (person)
- Meyer, G. — cosponsor (person)
- Raybould — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-03** Approved by Governor on March 3, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-03** Presented to Governor on February 27, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-27** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Passed on Final Reading 47-1*-1 `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Enrollment and Review ST54 recorded
- **2026-02-23** Enrollment and Review ST54 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-23** Placed on Final Reading with ST54 `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2026-02-12** Lippincott AM2072 adopted
- **2026-02-12** Lippincott AM2007 withdrawn
- **2026-02-12** Lippincott AM1969 withdrawn
- **2026-02-12** Enrollment and Review ER108 adopted
- **2026-02-11** Lippincott AM2072 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-06** Passed over `passage`
- **2026-02-06** Lippincott AM2007 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-05** Lippincott AM1969 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-03** Enrollment and Review ER108 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Select File with ER108 `filing`
- **2026-01-29** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2026-01-29** Natural Resources AM664 adopted
- **2026-01-29** Natural Resources AM664 pending
- **2026-01-26** Meyer, G. name added
- **2026-01-23** Raybould name added
- **2026-01-22** Lippincott priority bill
- **2026-01-07** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2025-03-17** Natural Resources AM664 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Placed on General File with AM664 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12** Notice of hearing for February 19, 2025
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Natural Resources 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/b113fc91-6207-426e-834c-9c40e17c81c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).