LB 952 Legislature · 109th Legislature (2025-2026)

Create the Supreme Court Operations Cash Fund and terminate the Supreme Court Reports Cash Fund and the Court Appointed Special Advocate Fund

Nebraska's LB 952 creates the Supreme Court Operations Cash Fund to replace two existing funds, terminating the Supreme Court Reports Cash Fund and the Court Appointed Special Advocate Fund. The new fund will be used for court and probation programs that improve justice administration and community safety, funded by fees, grants, donations, and payments from political subdivisions for court services. The bill also eliminates obsolete provisions related to fund transfers and grants. This reorganization streamlines court funding by consolidating resources under a single operational fund. The changes take effect on the bill's operative date, with remaining funds from terminated accounts transferred to the General Fund.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Legislature Passage
Apr 2026
Legislature Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 9, 2026 Signed Apr 17, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced Final Reading · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text was updated to reflect its progression to the Final Reading stage, and a specific line item regarding the duties of Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers was removed. This deletion likely indicates a revision to the scope of volunteer responsibilities or a consolidation of duties elsewhere in the bill.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's applicability to CASA volunteers was altered by removing a specific provision detailing their provided services.
REQUIREMENT

A line specifying that Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers have provided vital services to children was deleted, potentially changing how volunteer contributions are defined or listed in the legislation.

Floor votes · Legislature Apr 9, 2026

How they voted

480
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 49
Apr 9, 2026
N Nonpartisan49
48 Yea 1
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Apr 17, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026
executive
Apr 10, 2026
Legislature · Passed
President/Speaker signed
legislature
Apr 9, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1
legislature
Mar 18, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Placed on General File
legislature
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
legislature
Jan 9, 2026
Introduced
Date of introduction
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Myron Dorn
Myron Dorn
NNonpartisan
NE
30