---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow expenditure of campaign funds for security services and systems under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act"
description: "Allow expenditure of campaign funds for security services and systems under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 986"
citation: "Nebraska LB 986 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bostar"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2bddb87-05b9-4a7c-b2b9-74fb976ef6c8"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2026"
source_hash: "fbc4fe0905b7c29c995f45b4b71c7814f65e3b88b1a30bebaf40bf69252c812a"
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 986 (109) — Allow expenditure of campaign funds for security services and systems under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure 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/LB986.pdf)
2. **Executive Board AM2353** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2353.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB986.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB986.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 41-8*-0 — **41–8** (pass) · legislature
- Hunt AM2868 lost — **18–20** (fail) · legislature
- Executive Board AM2353 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bostar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17** Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-17** Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-10** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 41-8*-0 `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2026-04-02** Hunt FA1154 withdrawn
- **2026-04-02** Hunt FA1154 to AM2868 filed `filing`
- **2026-04-02** Hunt AM2868 lost
- **2026-04-02** Hunt AM2868 filed `filing`
- **2026-04-02** Meyer, G. AM2959 withdrawn
- **2026-04-02** Meyer, G. FA1151 withdrawn
- **2026-04-02** Meyer, G. FA1151 to AM2959 filed `filing`
- **2026-04-02** Kauth FA642 withdrawn
- **2026-03-31** Meyer, G. AM2959 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-30** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2026-03-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2026-03-23** Executive Board AM2353 adopted
- **2026-03-03** Executive Board AM2353 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-03** Placed on General File with AM2353 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-20** Speaker priority bill
- **2026-01-28** Notice of hearing for February 04, 2026
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Executive Board `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Kauth FA642 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-12** 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/b2bddb87-05b9-4a7c-b2b9-74fb976ef6c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).