---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire certain privately owned electric generation facilities"
description: "Prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire certain privately owned electric generation facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 1261"
citation: "Nebraska LB 1261 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeKay"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 95
vote_count: 16
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ade7f34-2e74-4a47-8bd9-9c1dd99e417a"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2026"
source_hash: "b692764776a289c29b7089b3d16b1d2c21e0363cb997b0aea9169741961cc0c9"
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 1261 (109) — Prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire certain privately owned electric generation facilities

## 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/LB1261.pdf)
2. **Conrad AM2111** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2111.pdf)
3. **Conrad AM2115** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2115.pdf)
4. **DeKay AM2851** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2851.pdf)
5. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB1261.pdf)
6. **Natural Resources AM2086 DeKay FA1000 DeKay AM2662 DeKay AM2663 DeKay AM2664** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2086.pdf)
7. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB1261.pdf)

## Votes

- Fredrickson FA1143 lost — **12–20** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 33-16*-0 — **33–16** (pass) · legislature
- Conrad AM2794 lost — **10–18** (fail) · legislature
- Conrad AM2796 lost — **13–20** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **32–13** (pass) · legislature
- Conrad AM2772 lost — **12–18** (fail) · legislature
- DeKay AM2851 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- Juarez AM2132 lost — **15–32** (fail) · legislature
- Natural Resources AM2086 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Conrad MO411 failed — **9–23** (fail) · legislature
- Conrad AM2119 lost — **13–24** (fail) · legislature
- Conrad AM2123 lost — **15–27** (fail) · legislature
- Conrad AM2116 lost — **11–19** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **34–7** (pass) · legislature
- Conrad AM2115 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Conrad AM2111 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DeKay — 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 33-16*-0 `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2026-04-07** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-01** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2026-04-01** DeKay AM2667 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2796 lost
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2796 filed `filing`
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2801 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2801 filed `filing`
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2794 lost
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2794 filed `filing`
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2772 lost
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2772 pending
- **2026-04-01** Fredrickson FA1143 lost
- **2026-04-01** Fredrickson FA1143 to AM2772 filed `filing`
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2772 filed `filing`
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2116 lost
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2110 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2119 lost
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2120 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** Conrad AM2123 lost
- **2026-04-01** Juarez AM2083 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** Juarez AM2133 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** Juarez AM2132 lost
- **2026-04-01** DeKay FA926 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** DeKay AM2851 adopted
- **2026-04-01** DeKay AM2666 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** DeKay AM2665 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** Conrad MO411 failed
- **2026-04-01** DeKay FA968 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** Conrad MO410 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** Conrad MO409 withdrawn
- **2026-03-25** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2026-03-24** DeKay AM2851 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-18** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2026-03-18** Conrad AM2123 refiled `filing`
- **2026-03-18** Conrad AM2123 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** Conrad AM2120 refiled `filing`
- **2026-03-18** Conrad AM2120 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** Conrad AM2119 refiled `filing`
- **2026-03-18** Conrad AM2119 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** Conrad AM2116 refiled `filing`
- **2026-03-18** Conrad AM2116 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** Conrad AM2115 adopted
- **2026-03-18** Conrad AM2111 adopted
- **2026-03-18** Conrad AM2110 refiled `filing`
- **2026-03-18** Conrad AM2110 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** Juarez AM2083 refiled `filing`
- **2026-03-18** Juarez AM2083 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** DeKay FA926 refiled `filing`
- **2026-03-18** DeKay FA926 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** Natural Resources AM2086 adopted
- **2026-03-18** DeKay AM2664 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** DeKay AM2663 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** DeKay AM2662 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** DeKay FA1000 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** Conrad MO408 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** Conrad MO407 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** Conrad MO406 withdrawn
- **2026-03-18** Conrad MO406 pending
- **2026-03-17** DeKay AM2664 to AM2086 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-17** DeKay AM2663 to AM2086 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-17** DeKay AM2662 to AM2086 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-17** Conrad MO406 pending
- **2026-03-17** DeKay AM2667 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-17** DeKay AM2666 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-17** DeKay AM2665 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-19** DeKay FA1000 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-19** Natural Resources AM2086 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-19** Placed on General File with AM2086 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Moser priority bill
- **2026-02-17** Juarez AM2133 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-17** Juarez AM2132 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad AM2123 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad AM2120 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad AM2119 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad AM2116 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad AM2115 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad AM2111 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad AM2110 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Juarez AM2083 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad MO411 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad MO410 Recommit to the Natural Resources Committee filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad MO409 Bracket until April 16, 2026 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad MO408 Recommit to the Natural Resources Committee filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad MO407 Bracket until April 16, 2026 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Conrad MO406 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6, Sec. 3(f) filed `filing`
- **2026-02-11** DeKay FA968 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-29** Notice of hearing for February 05, 2026
- **2026-01-29** Referred to Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** DeKay FA926 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-27** 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/5ade7f34-2e74-4a47-8bd9-9c1dd99e417a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).