On January 5th, 1937, Nebraska’s legislative body convened for the first time as a unicameral, or one-house legislature. Eighty-nine years later, we are still the only state to utilize this model of lawmaking. You can read more about the history of the Unicameral on the Nebraska Legislature’s website, or visit our NebraskAccess page on the Unicameral.
Looking for information about Nebraska state legislators? Find your current state senator on the Legislature’s site or search our “Nebraska Legislators, Past and Present” database to locate any state legislator from the Territorial House and Council of 1855 through the bicameral years, to our present-day unicameral legislature. Browse legislative biographies on NebraskAccess or peruse past and current Nebraska Blue Books in their entirety.
You can search Nebraska laws and statutes, bills and resolutions, and past legislation on NebraskAccess, or head over to the Legislature’s site, where you can also find transcripts of legislative committee hearings and floor debates, reports, and research, and find out how to testify at a legislative hearing.
For the younger folks (or just those young at heart), read “Unicam Kids!” and let Senator George Norris, “the father of the Unicameral” guide you through the Nebraska legislative process.
The 2nd session of the 109th legislature begins in Nebraska on Wednesday, January 7th.
The Nebraska Legislature created the Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse in 1972 as a service of the Nebraska Library Commission. Its purpose is to collect, preserve, and provide access to all public information published by Nebraska state agencies. By law (State Statutes 51-411 to 51-413) all Nebraska state agencies are required to submit their published documents to the Clearinghouse. For more information, visit the Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse page, contact Aimee Owen, Government Information Services Librarian; or contact Bonnie Henzel, State Documents Staff Assistant.
