---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change the Office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Act"
description: "Change the Office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 539"
citation: "Nebraska LB 539 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krist"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f209d2d8-ae84-478f-af11-fe9803e88363"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "60fb27c3eb1b05bd46843f102a7832e730cfed86a7b4386c08cc6f4ce63fe1d2"
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 539 (105) — Change the Office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System 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/105/PDF/Intro/LB539.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB539.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB539.pdf)

## Votes

- Krist AM817 adopted — **41–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 42-2-5 — **42–2** (pass) · legislature
- Chambers AM649 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature
- Ebke AM748 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Krist — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-02** Approved by Governor on April 27, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-24** Presented to Governor on April 24, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-24** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 42-2-5 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-04-03** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-04-03** Krist AM817 adopted
- **2017-04-03** Enrollment and Review ER28 adopted
- **2017-03-30** Krist AM817 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-29** Enrollment and Review ER28 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Select File with ER28 `filing`
- **2017-03-28** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-03-28** Ebke AM748 adopted
- **2017-03-28** Ebke AM748 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-28** Chambers AM649 adopted
- **2017-03-28** Chambers AM649 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-06** Executive Board priority bill
- **2017-02-14** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2017-01-27** Notice of hearing for February 08, 2017
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Executive Board `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** 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/f209d2d8-ae84-478f-af11-fe9803e88363`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).