Legislative Calendar Activity and Information

The following activity is provided on the legislative calendar. In order to maintain historical records they have unique names and can be accessed by going to the specific day. Calendar links are provided throughout the web site.

• Today's Activity
• Month View

Agenda - set by the Speaker of the Legislature, is the daily plan for legislative business.

Committee Hearings - Committee hearing schedules appear on the calendar as scheduled and on individual committee web pages.

Find hearings for a specific date(s).


Printable PDF Hearing Schedules available at the end of the week as hearings are scheduled:

Committee Hearing Schedule - available during the legislative session.
Interim Hearing Schedule - available during the interim.

Legislative Journal - A record of official proceedings on the legislative floor prepared daily during session. Journals for previous sessions are available here.

Summary Sheet - Compiled from the daily Journal at the end of each legislative day. It includes a description of bill and resolution activity that day. Printable PDF.

Transcripts - of floor debate and committee hearings are available as they are completed.

Worksheet - A list showing the status of every bill and resolution at the beginning of each legislative day.

• Final First Session Worksheet (5-27-2011)
• Final Special Session Worksheet (11-22-2011)

Additional Legislative Activity and Information

Black Book Pages - Specially formatted printable pages with information about key events in a bill's life cycle.

• Budget Status - Current projected revenue and budgeted expenditure totals for the current and upcoming biennium. A link to the budget status is also provided on the fiscal and budget reports page.

  Indexes of Legislative Bills & Constitutional Amendment (CA) Resolutions - Bill/CA Indexes are produced each session. Section indexes apply to the Nebraska Revised Statutes and the state constitution.

  Interim Study Resolutions are submitted by senators and committees to suggest topics, concepts and ideas that the Legislature should investigate over the interim.

  Priority Bills are bills selected by senators, committees and the Speaker that will receive priority scheduling throughout the legislative process.

  Rules of the Legislature govern the legislative process in order to ensure fair and efficient deliberations. The Rules are generally adopted by the Legislature at the beginning of each session.

  Session Calendar - The Session Calendar is set by the Speaker of the Legislature and outlines when senators will meet to conduct business during the legislative session. For a brief overview of the current legislative session dates, holidays and recess days, you can view the Print Friendly Calendar

Searches

Bill Tracker - Bill Tracker is a service produced and provided by Nebraska.gov, the state of Nebraska's online provider. The Bill Tracker allows users to build profiles to more easily monitor groups of bills of interest to them. A free service is available for low-volume users, and a fee-based service with more advanced features is available for higher-volume users.

Calendar - Select a day on the calendar to see the activity for that day. Activity includes agenda, hearing schedule, introduced legislation, journal, and summary sheet.

Search Bills allows users to search for current bills and resolutions by bill number, keyword or words, and by the senator or committee that introduced them.

Search Transcripts allows users to search for current and past transcripts of floor debate and committee hearings.

Voting Records - The Voting Records page provides direction on how to use the resources available through this web site to research how senators voted on particular issues.