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NE LB596
NE LB596Change requirements for legal publications and notices required by law, provisions of the Open Meetings Act, county inventories, warrants, and discharge records, storage requirements for certain records, petitions to change names, marriage license and record fees, and reports of abandoned property, and eliminate a penalty for certain public officials and provisions relating to the registration of farm, ranch, or home names
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Introduced
01/22/2025
01/22/2025
In Committee
01/24/2025
01/24/2025
Crossed Over
03/05/2026
03/05/2026
Passed
Dead
03/05/2026
03/05/2026
Introduced Session
Potential new amendment
109th Legislature
Bill Summary
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to legal notices; to amend section 25-2228, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024; to change provisions relating to how legal notices are published; and to repeal the original section.
AI Summary
This bill modifies the requirements for legal publications and notices in Nebraska by expanding the ways such notices can be legally published. Currently, legal notices must be published in a newspaper (daily, semiweekly, or triweekly), but the bill now allows these notices to also be published on a website or digital news publication application if the digital platform does not have a print publication. The bill maintains existing requirements that notices must be published for a specific number of days or weeks, and continues to require that publications be made by qualified newspapers or digital news publications. Additionally, the bill preserves the existing requirement that legal publications must also be posted on a statewide website maintained by a majority of Nebraska newspapers, which was originally established in October 2022. The purpose of these changes appears to be to modernize and provide more flexibility in how legal notices can be disseminated to the public, recognizing the increasing role of digital media in information distribution. The original section of law is repealed and replaced with this updated version.
Committee Categories
Military Affairs and Security
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Enrollment and Review ER140 filed (on 03/11/2026)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=59078 |
| Enrollment and Review ER140 | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER140.pdf |
| Rountree FA1027 | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/FA1027.pdf |
| DeKay AM2428 | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2428.pdf |
| Analysis - Committee Statement | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/CS/LB596.pdf |
| Lonowski AM2405 | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2405.pdf |
| Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM2282 | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2282.pdf |
| Fiscal Note for LB596 | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/FN/LB596_20250312-113604.pdf |
| Analysis - Statement of Intent | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/SI/LB596.pdf |
| BillText | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB596.pdf |
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