Provide powers for the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority and change provisions relating to the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act, the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act, and the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act
This bill (LB 768) amends Nebraska's housing finance laws to expand the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority's (NIFA) powers, allowing it to partner with nonprofit entities supporting housing projects. It modifies the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act, Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act, and Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act to require the Department of Economic Development to allocate at least 30% of Affordable Housing Trust Fund dollars to each congressional district annually. The bill also eliminates the housing advisory committee and updates fund administration rules, including streamlining grant application processes and clarifying fund transfers. These changes directly affect housing developers, local governments, and low-to-moderate income residents seeking affordable housing assistance under the three affected acts.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Legislature Passage
Apr 2026
Legislature Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 7, 2026
Signed Apr 17, 2026
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The bill was re-introduced with updated sponsorship and committee assignments, and the text was reformatted to remove previous amendment markings. The substantive policy language regarding the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority and the Affordable Housing Act appears unchanged in the provided excerpts, as the new text mirrors the old text line-by-line.
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The bill header was updated to reflect new sponsors (Dover) and a new reading date (January 07, 2026), replacing the previous enrollment and review date.
The document was cleaned of previous amendment notation (e.g., 'Strike original sections') and formatted as a clean 'Final Reading' version.
Floor votes · Legislature Mar 6, 2026
How they voted
40–0
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 49
Mar 6, 2026
N
Nonpartisan49
81% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
8
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB1246 amended into LB768 by AM2364
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB819 amended into LB768 by AM2492
legislature
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 49-0-0
legislature
Mar 18, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Enrollment and Review ER145 adopted
legislature
Mar 6, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM2364 adopted
legislature
Mar 6, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Hallstrom AM2492 adopted
legislature
Mar 6, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Dover AM2388 adopted
legislature
Mar 3, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Placed on General File with AM2364
legislature
Jan 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee
legislature
Jan 7, 2026
Introduced
Date of introduction
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Robert Dover
NNonpartisan
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