Legislative Histories - Record Availability
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Information about bills introduced during the current Legislature, which consists of the regular and special sessions that take place during a two-year biennium, is located on the Legislature's web site. Information from previous biennia is stored at the State Capitol in Lincoln. Check below to find out where information about your bill of interest is located.
NOTE: Since bills reach different stages in the legislative process, the documents listed may not be available for all bills. Also, due to different storage processes and technology in earlier biennia, certain types of information may not be available.
Where are the documents located?
- Documents will be available on the Bill Search.
What information is available?
- Introduced bill (web)
- Final Reading bill (web)
- Amendments (web)
- Committee statements (web)
- Statement of Intent (web)
- Fiscal note (web)
- Slip law (web)
- Floor debate transcript (web)
- Committee hearing transcript (web)
- Committee hearing exhibits (need to request)
Where are the documents located?
- Copies of most legislation is available through the Previous Session Information on the web site.
What information is available?
- Introduced bill (web)
- Final Reading bill (web)
- Amendments (web)
- Committee statements (web)
- Statement of Intent (web)
- Fiscal note (web)
- Slip law (web)
- Floor debate transcript (web)
- Committee hearing transcript (web)
- Committee hearing exhibits (need to request)
Where are the documents located?
- Committee transcripts and floor debate are located online. Transcripts
- Other documents will be available on microfilm. Contact the Legislative Historian.
What information is available?
- Introduced bill (need to request)
- Final Reading bill (need to request)
- Amendments (need to request)
- Committee statements (need to request)
- Statement of Intent (need to request)
- Fiscal note (need to request)
- Slip law (need to request)
- Floor debate transcript (web)
- Committee hearing transcript (web)
- Committee hearing exhibits (need to request)
Where are the documents located?
- Documents will be available on microfilm. Contact the Legislative Historian.
What information is available?
Records for this period are very scant. Committee hearing records are available on microfilm. There was no floor debate recorded for these years. Many documents will not be available. The list below identifies the most commonly available documents for this era.
- Public hearing notes
- Committee statement
Documents from this time period are not available through the Clerk of the Legislature's Office. The State Law Library has Journals and Slip Laws prior to 1937. The State Law Library can be contacted at (402) 471-3189 or nsc.lawlibrary@nebraska.gov.
A gutted bill is one that, when introduced, addressed a certain subject matter but whose contents were changed during the legislative process. A bill’s content can be "gutted" entirely and replaced with new content, or other provisions can be added to the bill’s original content.
Gutting can make constructing a legislative history difficult. Beginning in 1991, the chronology of bills in the "Legislative Journal" will contain a citation if a bill has had other bills amended into it. Determining whether a bill prior to 1991 was gutted can be difficult; the first sign that a bill was gutted may be that the public hearing testimony (original bill) is not related to the bill as it was passed (gutted bill). However, you may find a reference to the content of the original bill in the floor debate records.
