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type: "Bill"
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title: "Merge the Department of Natural Resources with the Department of Environment and Energy and change the name to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, create the position of Chief Water Officer, and provide, change, and eliminate powers and duties relating to water, conservation, state game refuges, and low-level radioactive waste disposal"
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description: "Merge the Department of Natural Resources with the Department of Environment and Energy and change the name to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, create the position of Chief Water Officer, and provide, change, and eliminate powers and duties relating to water, conservation, state game refuges, and low-level radioactive waste disposal"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
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legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
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session: "109"
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identifier: "LB 317"
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citation: "Nebraska LB 317 (109)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brandt"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-01-16"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9bdba98-7555-4237-9aab-02e3d809fd04"
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source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
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source_hash: "66535b20a94a3765f36a7d29d22237885bb79f2e71232bf3230e5a72118da91d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ne"]
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---
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# Nebraska LB 317 (109) — Merge the Department of Natural Resources with the Department of Environment and Energy and change the name to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, create the position of Chief Water Officer, and provide, change, and eliminate powers and duties relating to water, conservation, state game refuges, and low-level radioactive waste disposal
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB317.pdf)
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2. **Brandt AM1084** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1084.pdf)
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3. **Conrad AM1124** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1124.pdf)
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4. **Enrollment and Review ER36** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER36.pdf)
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5. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB317.pdf)
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6. **Natural Resources AM711** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM711.pdf)
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7. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB317.pdf)
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8. **Storer FA116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/FA116.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Cavanaugh, J. AM1133 lost — **13–33** (fail) · legislature
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- Brandt AM1084 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
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- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 34-12*-3 — **34–12** (pass) · legislature
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- Natural Resources AM711 adopted — **30–4** (fail) · legislature
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- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **31–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Conrad AM1124 adopted — **34–8** (fail) · legislature
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- Storer FA116 adopted — **46–0** (fail) · legislature
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- Cavanaugh, J. FA117 lost — **12–29** (fail) · legislature
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- Cavanaugh, M. MO183 failed — **1–29** (fail) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Brandt — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-06** Approved by Governor on May 6, 2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-01** Presented to Governor on May 1, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-01** President/Speaker signed `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 34-12*-3 `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Dispensing of reading at large approved
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- **2025-04-29** Enrollment and Review ST29 recorded
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- **2025-04-29** Enrollment and Review ST29 filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-29** Placed on Final Reading with ST29 `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
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- **2025-04-22** Cavanaugh, J. AM1133 lost
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- **2025-04-22** Cavanaugh, J. FA117 lost
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- **2025-04-22** Cavanaugh, J. FA117 to AM1133 filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-22** Cavanaugh, J. AM1133 filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-22** Storer FA116 adopted
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- **2025-04-22** Storer FA116 filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-22** Conrad AM1124 adopted
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- **2025-04-22** Conrad AM1124 filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-22** Brandt AM1084 adopted
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- **2025-04-22** Brandt AM1035 withdrawn
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- **2025-04-22** Cavanaugh, M. MO183 failed
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- **2025-04-22** Cavanaugh, M. MO183 pending
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- **2025-04-22** Enrollment and Review ER36 adopted
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- **2025-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. MO183 Bracket until May 5, 2025 filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-17** Brandt AM1084 to ER36 filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-14** Brandt AM1035 to ER36 filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-10** Enrollment and Review ER36 filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-10** Placed on Select File with ER36 `filing`
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- **2025-04-02** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
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- **2025-04-02** Natural Resources AM711 adopted
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- **2025-03-27** Natural Resources AM711 filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-27** Placed on General File with AM711 `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-12** Natural Resources priority bill
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- **2025-02-06** Notice of hearing for February 13, 2025
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- **2025-01-21** Referred to Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16** Date of introduction `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9bdba98-7555-4237-9aab-02e3d809fd04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).
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