Nebraska Constitution
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| I-1 | Statement of rights. | View Print Friendly |
| I-2 | Slavery prohibited. | View Print Friendly |
| I-3 | Due process of law; equal protection. | View Print Friendly |
| I-4 | Religious freedom. | View Print Friendly |
| I-5 | Freedom of speech and press. | View Print Friendly |
| I-6 | Trial by jury. | View Print Friendly |
| I-7 | Search and seizure. | View Print Friendly |
| I-8 | Habeas corpus. | View Print Friendly |
| I-9 | Bail; fines; imprisonment; cruel and unusual punishment. | View Print Friendly |
| I-10 | Presentment or indictment by grand jury; information. | View Print Friendly |
| I-11 | Rights of Accused. | View Print Friendly |
| I-12 | Evidence against self; double jeopardy. | View Print Friendly |
| I-13 | Justice administered without delay; Legislature; authorization to enforce mediation and arbitration. | View Print Friendly |
| I-14 | Treason. | View Print Friendly |
| I-15 | Penalties; corruption of blood; transporting out of state prohibited. | View Print Friendly |
| I-16 | Bill of attainder; retroactive laws; contracts; special privileges. | View Print Friendly |
| I-17 | Military subordinate. | View Print Friendly |
| I-18 | Soldiers quarters. | View Print Friendly |
| I-19 | Right of peaceable assembly and to petition government. | View Print Friendly |
| I-20 | Imprisonment for debt prohibited. | View Print Friendly |
| I-21 | Private property compensated for. | View Print Friendly |
| I-22 | Elections to be free. | View Print Friendly |
| I-23 | Capital cases; right of direct appeal; effect; other cases; right of appeal. | View Print Friendly |
| I-24 | Repealed 1990. Laws 1990, LR 8, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| I-25 | Rights of property; no discrimination; aliens. | View Print Friendly |
| I-26 | Powers retained by people. | View Print Friendly |
| I-27 | English language to be official. | View Print Friendly |
| I-28 | Crime victims; rights enumerated; effect; Legislature; duties. | View Print Friendly |
| I-29 | Marriage; same-sex relationships not valid or recognized. | View Print Friendly |
| I-30 | Discrimination or grant of preferential treatment prohibited; public employment, public education, or public contracting; section, how construed; remedies. | View Print Friendly |
| II-1 | Legislative, executive, judicial. | View Print Friendly |
| III-1 | Legislative authority; how vested; power of initiative; power of referendum. | View Print Friendly |
| III-2 | First power reserved; initiative. | View Print Friendly |
| III-3 | Second power reserved; referendum. | View Print Friendly |
| III-4 | Initiative or referendum; signatures required; veto; election returns; constitutional amendments; non-partisan ballot. | View Print Friendly |
| III-5 | Legislative districts; apportionment; redistricting, when required. | View Print Friendly |
| III-6 | Legislature; number of members; annual sessions. | View Print Friendly |
| III-7 | Legislators; terms; effect of redistricting; election; salary; expenses; mileage. | View Print Friendly |
| III-8 | Legislators; qualifications; one-year residence in district; removal from district, effect. | View Print Friendly |
| III-9 | Legislators; disqualifications; election to other office; resignation required. | View Print Friendly |
| III-10 | Legislative sessions; time; quorum; rules of procedure; expulsion of members; disrespectful behavior, penalty. | View Print Friendly |
| III-11 | Legislative journal; vote viva voce; open doors; committee votes. | View Print Friendly |
| III-12 | Legislators; terms; limitation. | View Print Friendly |
| III-13 | Style of bills; majority necessary to passage; yeas and nays entered on journal. | View Print Friendly |
| III-14 | Bills and resolutions read by title; printing; vote for final passage; bills to contain one subject; amended section to be set forth; signing of bills. | View Print Friendly |
| III-15 | Members privileged from arrest. | View Print Friendly |
| III-16 | Members of the Legislature and state officers; conflicts of interest; standards for. | View Print Friendly |
| III-17 | Impeachment; procedure. | View Print Friendly |
| III-18 | Local or special laws prohibited. | View Print Friendly |
| III-19 | Compensation; increase when; extra compensation to public officers and contractors prohibited; retirement benefits; adjustment. | View Print Friendly |
| III-20 | Salt springs, coal, oil, minerals; alienation prohibited. | View Print Friendly |
| III-21 | Donation of state lands prohibited; when. | View Print Friendly |
| III-22 | Appropriations for state; deficiencies; bills for pay of members and officials. | View Print Friendly |
| III-23 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 302, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| III-24 | Games of chance, lotteries, and gift enterprises; restrictions; parimutuel wagering on horseraces; bingo games; use of state lottery proceeds. | View Print Friendly |
| III-25 | Incidental expenses of state officers; specific appropriations always necessary; warrants for money. | View Print Friendly |
| III-26 | Privilege of members. | View Print Friendly |
| III-27 | Acts take effect after three months; emergency bills; session laws. | View Print Friendly |
| III-28 | Repealed 1934. Initiative Measure No. 330. | View Print Friendly |
| III-29 | Legislative authority in emergencies due to enemy attack upon United States. | View Print Friendly |
| III-30 | Legislature to pass necessary laws. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-1 | Executive departments; officers; when elected; terms; eligibility; books to be kept at seat of government; residence of officers; heads of departments; appointments. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-2 | Governor; Lieutenant Governor; eligibility; qualifications; appointive officers, ineligible for other office. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-3 | Treasurer; ineligibility. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-4 | Election returns; canvass by Legislature; conduct of election contests. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-5 | Impeachment. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-6 | Supreme executive power. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-7 | Message by Governor; budget; contents; budget bill; preparation; appropriations not to be in excess of budget; exception; excess subject to veto. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-8 | Special sessions. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-9 | Repealed 1934. Initiative Measure No. 330. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-10 | Governor to appoint officers; removal. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-11 | Elected state officer; vacation of office; Governor fill by appointment; term. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-12 | Nonelective state officers; vacation; Governor; fill the office by appointment; approval by Legislature. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-13 | Board of parole; members; powers; reprieves; proceedings; power to pardon; limitations. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-14 | Governor to be commander-in-chief of militia. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-15 | Bills to be presented to Governor; approval; procedure; disapproval or reduction of items of appropriation; passage despite disapproval or reduction. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-16 | Order of succession to become Governor; Lieutenant Governor; duties. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-17 | Repealed 1934. Initiative Measure No. 330. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-18 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 302, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-19 | State institutions; management, control, and government; determination by Legislature. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-20 | Public Service Commission; membership; terms; powers. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-21 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 302, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-22 | Executive officials to keep accounts; reports; false reports, penalty. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-23 | Executive officials and heads of institutions; reports to Legislature; information from expending agencies. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-24 | Great seal. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-25 | Salaries of officials; fees. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-26 | Officials to give bonds. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-27 | Executive offices; creation of. | View Print Friendly |
| IV-28 | Tax Equalization and Review Commission; members; powers; Tax Commissioner; powers. | View Print Friendly |
| V-1 | Power vested in courts; Chief Justice; powers. | View Print Friendly |
| V-2 | Supreme Court; number of judges; quorum; jurisdiction; retired judges, temporary duty; court divisions; assignments by Chief Justice. | View Print Friendly |
| V-3 | Terms of Supreme Court. | View Print Friendly |
| V-4 | Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court; selection; residence; location of offices. | View Print Friendly |
| V-5 | Supreme Court judicial districts; redistricting; when. | View Print Friendly |
| V-6 | Chief Justice to preside. | View Print Friendly |
| V-7 | Chief Justice; Associate Justices; qualifications. | View Print Friendly |
| V-8 | Supreme Court appoint staff; budget; copyright of state reports. | View Print Friendly |
| V-9 | District courts; jurisdiction; felons may plead guilty; sentence. | View Print Friendly |
| V-10 | District court judicial districts. | View Print Friendly |
| V-11 | District court judges; change of number; boundaries. | View Print Friendly |
| V-12 | District court judges may hold court for each other; retired judges, temporary duty. | View Print Friendly |
| V-13 | Supreme and district judges; salaries. | View Print Friendly |
| V-14 | Supreme and district judges not to act as attorneys; judge not to practice law, when. | View Print Friendly |
| V-15 | Repealed 1970. Laws 1969, c. 419, sec. 1(2), p. 1432. | View Print Friendly |
| V-16 | Repealed 1970. Laws 1969, c. 419, sec. 1(2), p. 1432. | View Print Friendly |
| V-17 | Repealed 1970. Laws 1969, c. 419, sec. 1(2), p. 1432. | View Print Friendly |
| V-18 | Repealed 1970. Laws 1969, c. 419, sec. 1(2), p. 1432. | View Print Friendly |
| V-19 | Practice of all courts to be uniform. | View Print Friendly |
| V-20 | Officers in this Article; tenure; residence; duties; compensation. | View Print Friendly |
| V-21 | Merit plan for selection of judges; terms of office; filling of vacancies; procedure; voting for nominee. | View Print Friendly |
| V-22 | State may sue and be sued. | View Print Friendly |
| V-23 | Jurisdiction of judges at chambers. | View Print Friendly |
| V-24 | Style of process. | View Print Friendly |
| V-25 | Supreme Court to promulgate rules of practice; to make recommendations to Legislature. | View Print Friendly |
| V-26 | Proviso as to effect of amendment. | View Print Friendly |
| V-27 | Juvenile courts; authorization. | View Print Friendly |
| V-28 | Commission on Judicial Qualifications; appointment; composition; qualifications. | View Print Friendly |
| V-29 | Commission on Judicial Qualifications; vote of majority required for action. | View Print Friendly |
| V-30 | Judges; discipline; removal from office; grounds; procedure. | View Print Friendly |
| V-31 | Judges; procedure for removal from office cumulative. | View Print Friendly |
| VI-1 | Qualifications of electors. | View Print Friendly |
| VI-2 | Who disqualified. | View Print Friendly |
| VI-3 | Military or naval service; place and manner of voting. | View Print Friendly |
| VI-4 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 339, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| VI-5 | Electors; privileged from arrest. | View Print Friendly |
| VI-6 | Votes, how cast. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-1 | Legislature; free instruction in common schools; provide. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-2 | State Department of Education; general supervision of school system. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-3 | State Board of Education; members; election; manner of election; term of office. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-4 | State Board of Education; Commissioner of Education; appointment; powers; duties. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-5 | Fines, penalties, and license money; allocation; use of forfeited conveyances. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-6 | Educational lands; management; Board of Educational Lands and Funds; members; appointment; sale of lands. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-7 | Perpetual funds enumerated. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-8 | Trust funds belong to state for educational purposes; use; investment. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-9 | Educational funds; trust funds; use; early childhood education endowment fund; created; use; early childhood education, defined. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-10 | University of Nebraska; government; Board of Regents; election; student membership; terms. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-11 | Appropriation of public funds; handicapped children; sectarian instruction; religious test of teacher or student. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-12 | Education and reform of minors. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-13 | State colleges; government; board; name; selection; duties; compensation. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-14 | Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education; membership; powers and duties; coordination, defined. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-15 | Omitted. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-16 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 1023, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| VII-17 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1972, LB 1023, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-1 | Revenue; raised by taxation; legislative powers. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-2 | Exemption of property from taxation; classification. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-3 | Redemption from sales of real estate for taxes. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-4 | Legislature has no power to remit taxes; exception; cancellation of taxes on land acquired by the state. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-5 | County taxes; limitation. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-6 | Local improvements of cities, towns and villages. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-7 | Private property not liable for corporate debts; municipalities and inhabitants exempt for corporate purposes. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-8 | Funding indebtedness; warrants. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-9 | Claims upon treasury; adjustment; approval; appeal. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-10 | Taxation of grain and seed; alternative basis permitted. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-11 | Public corporations and political subdivisions providing electricity; payment in lieu of taxes. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-12 | Cities or villages; redevelopment project; substandard and blighted property; incur indebtedness; taxes; how treated. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-13 | Revenue laws and legislative acts; how construed. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-1A | Levy of property tax for state purposes; prohibition. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-1B | Income tax; may be based upon the laws of the United States. | View Print Friendly |
| VIII-2A | Exemption of personal property in transit in licensed warehouses or storage areas. | View Print Friendly |
| IX-1 | Area. | View Print Friendly |
| IX-2 | Division of county; decision of question. | View Print Friendly |
| IX-3 | County added to another; prior indebtedness; county stricken off; liabilities. | View Print Friendly |
| IX-4 | County and township officers. | View Print Friendly |
| IX-5 | Township organization. | View Print Friendly |
| X-1 | Reports under oath. | View Print Friendly |
| X-2 | Property liable to sale on execution. | View Print Friendly |
| X-3 | Consolidation of stock or property. | View Print Friendly |
| X-4 | Railways declared public highways; maximum rates; liability not limited. | View Print Friendly |
| X-5 | Capital stock; dividends. | View Print Friendly |
| X-6 | Eminent domain. | View Print Friendly |
| X-7 | Unjust discrimination and extortion. | View Print Friendly |
| X-8 | Eminent domain for depot or other uses. | View Print Friendly |
| XI-1 | Subscription to stock prohibited; exception. | View Print Friendly |
| XI-2 | City of 5,000 may frame charter; procedure. | View Print Friendly |
| XI-3 | Rejection of charter; effect; procedure to frame new charter. | View Print Friendly |
| XI-4 | Charter; amendment; charter convention. | View Print Friendly |
| XI-5 | Charter of city of 100,000; home rule charter authorized. | View Print Friendly |
| XII-1 | Legislature to provide for organization, regulation, and supervision of corporations and associations; limitation; elections for directors or managers; voting rights of stockholders. | View Print Friendly |
| XII-2 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XII-3 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XII-4 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XII-5 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XII-6 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 762, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XII-7 | Repealed 1938. Laws 1937, c. 18, sec. 1, p. 124. | View Print Friendly |
| XII-8 | Corporation acquiring an interest in real estate used for farming or ranching or engaging in farming or ranching; restrictions; Secretary of State, Attorney General; duties; Legislature; powers. | View Print Friendly |
| XIII-1 | State may contract debts; limitation; exceptions. | View Print Friendly |
| XIII-2 | Industrial and economic development; powers of counties and municipalities. | View Print Friendly |
| XIII-3 | Credit of state; exception. | View Print Friendly |
| XIII-4 | Nonprofit enterprise development; powers of counties and municipalities. | View Print Friendly |
| XIV-1 | Personnel; organization; discipline. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-1 | Official oath; refusal; disqualification. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-2 | Official in default as collector and custodian of public money or property; disqualification; felon disqualified. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-3 | Repealed 1986. Laws 1986, LR 318, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-4 | Water a public necessity. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-5 | Use of water dedicated to people. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-6 | Right to divert unappropriated waters. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-7 | Use of water for power purposes. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-8 | Employment of women and children; minimum wage. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-9 | Controversies between employers and employees; industrial commission; appeals. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-10 | Repealed 1934. Laws 1933, c. 94, sec. 1, p. 376. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-11 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 502, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-12 | Removal of state capital. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-13 | Labor organizations; no denial of employment; closed shop not permitted. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-14 | Labor organization; definition. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-15 | Labor organizations; amendment self-executing; laws to facilitate operation permitted. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-16 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 688, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-17 | Retirement and pension funds; investment. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-18 | Governmental powers and functions; intergovernmental cooperation; Legislature may limit; merger or consolidation of counties or other local governments authorized. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-19 | Liquor licenses; municipalities and counties; powers. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-20 | Omitted. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-21 | Omitted. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-22 | Omitted. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-23 | Omitted. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-24 | Omitted. | View Print Friendly |
| XV-25 | Right to hunt, to fish, and to harvest wildlife; public hunting, fishing, and harvesting of wildlife; preferred means of managing and controlling wildlife. | View Print Friendly |
| XVI-1 | How Proposed. | View Print Friendly |
| XVI-2 | Convention. | View Print Friendly |
| XVII-1 | Terms; reference to members of the Legislature to include appointed and elected members. | View Print Friendly |
| XVII-2 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XVII-3 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XVII-4 | General election of state. | View Print Friendly |
| XVII-5 | Terms of office of all elected officers. | View Print Friendly |
| XVII-6 | Transferred to Article III, section 30, Constitution of Nebraska. | View Print Friendly |
| XVII-7 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XVII-8 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XVII-9 | Repealed 1998. Laws 1997, LR 17CA, sec. 3. | View Print Friendly |
| XVII-10 | Sec. 10. (Failed to carry at election.) | View Print Friendly |
| XVII-11 | Repealed 1972. Laws 1971, LB 504, sec. 1. | View Print Friendly |
| XVIII-1 | Statement of intent. | View Print Friendly |
| XVIII-2 | Instruction to members of congressional delegation; ballot notation; when. | View Print Friendly |
| XVIII-3 | Nonincumbent candidates; Term Limits Pledge; ballot notation; when. | View Print Friendly |
| XVIII-4 | Instruction to members of the Legislature; ballot notation; when. | View Print Friendly |
| XVIII-5 | Ballot notation; Secretary of State; duties; appeal. | View Print Friendly |
| XVIII-6 | Automatic repeal; when. | View Print Friendly |
| XVIII-7 | Legal challenge; jurisdiction. | View Print Friendly |
| XVIII-8 | Severability. | View Print Friendly |