Change judges' salaries
LB 513 adjusts the annual salaries for Nebraska's Chief Justice and Supreme Court judges by setting specific amounts effective July 1 each year through 2026. It increases their 2025 salary to $228,431.18, 2026 to $231,857.65, and establishes fixed future amounts. The bill directly affects only the state's highest court judges by legally mandating their compensation levels. It replaces previous salary language with these new figures and takes effect July 1, 2025. The change is purely a salary adjustment with no additional policy provisions.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Legislature Passage
May 2025
Legislature Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Jan 21, 2025
Signed Jun 2, 2025
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This bill updates the salaries for the Chief Justice and Supreme Court judges in Nebraska, adjusting the amounts for each year from 2022 through 2026. The changes reflect a significant increase in compensation, with the 2026 salary rising from $243,419.87 to $231,857.65, though the formatting of the salary figures appears inconsistent in the final version. The bill also maintains the emergency clause for immediate effect upon passage.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on judicial compensation but includes formatting inconsistencies in the salary figures that may require clarification during implementation.
FISCAL
Updated salary amounts for Supreme Court judges and Chief Justice across multiple years, with the 2026 figure showing a different value than the original version.
TECHNICAL
Formatting inconsistencies in salary figures and line spacing that may affect clarity of the compensation amounts.
TIMELINE
Maintained the emergency clause allowing the act to take effect immediately upon passage rather than waiting for the July 1, 2025 operative date.
Floor votes · Legislature May 8, 2025
How they voted
29–6
Passed · 14 other
Total votes 49
May 8, 2025
N
Nonpartisan49
59% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jun 2, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on May 30, 2025
executive
May 28, 2025
Legislature · Passed
President/Speaker signed
legislature
May 28, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-11*-0
legislature
May 8, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Judiciary AM1157 adopted
legislature
Apr 28, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Placed on General File with AM1157
legislature
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
legislature
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Date of introduction
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carolyn Bosn
NNonpartisan
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