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NE LB1145
Bill
Status
1/20/2026
Primary Sponsor
Dan Lonowski
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AI Summary
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Requires public bodies (except second class cities, villages, and rural/suburban fire districts) to publish meeting notice at least twice yearly in a legal newspaper of general circulation, including regular meeting schedule, location, and notification method
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Exempts governing bodies of second class cities, villages, their advisory committees, and rural/suburban fire protection districts from the twice-yearly newspaper publication requirement
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Establishes that failure to comply with the newspaper publication requirement does not void or make voidable any motions, resolutions, rules, regulations, ordinances, or formal actions taken at public body meetings
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Removes previous alternative notice methods that allowed posting to newspaper websites or statewide notice repositories, simplifying notice requirements to focus on legal newspaper publication
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Amends Section 84-1411 of the Revised Statutes Supplement, 2025, with sponsors Lonowski (District 33), Andersen (District 49), and Sanders (District 45)
Legislative Description
Change provisions relating to notice requirements for a meeting of a public body under the Open Meetings Act
Last Action
Notice of hearing for February 05, 2026
1/28/2026