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NUMBER OF BILLS INTRODUCED AND LAWS PASSED, 1915-1966

Year
Bills
Laws
Senate
House
Total

1915
298
766
1,064
299

1917
332
803
1,135
273

1918 (Special)
5
14
19
12

1919,
263
586
848
300

1919 (Special)
1
2
3
3

1919 (Special)
1
3
4
4

1921
351
624
975
313

1922 (Special)
8
8
10
11

1923
313
724
1,057
193

1925
274
459
733
186

1927
314
633
947
198

1929
307
589
896
200

1930 (Special)
7
20
27
9

1931
374
498
872
104

1931 (Special)

11
11
8

1933
477
605
1,082
163

1935
367
689
1,056
192

1935 (Special)

1539
54
35

19371
581

581
214

1939
523

523
138

1940 (Special)
8

8
6

1941
515

515
196

1943
446

446
240

1944 (Special)
6

6
6

1945
395

395
260

1946 (Special)
10

10
8

1947
568

568
358

1949
546

546
318

1951
562

562
354

1952 (Special)
2

2
2

1952 (Special)
8

8
8

1953
595

595
369

1954 (Special)
10

10
6

1955
559

559
354

1957
.615

615
404

1959
739

739
475

1960 (Special)
3

3
3

1960 (Special)
2

2
2

1961
737

737
465

1963
815

815
545

1963 (Special)
26

26
17

1965
937

937
584

1966 (Special)

3
3

     1 First session of Unicameral Legislature.

TERRITORIAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, DATES HELD, PLACE OF
MEETING AND COST OF SESSION1

All sessions prior to January 7, 1869, held at Omaha; January 7. 1869, and
subsequent sessions in Lincoln.

Total Days in
Legislative

Session
Convened
Adjourned
Session2
Expense3

     TERRITORIAL

1st

Jan. 16. 1855

Mar. 16, 1855
43

2nd

Dec. 18. 1855

Jan. 26, 1856
30

3rd

Jan. 5, 1857

Feb. 13, 1857
30

4th

Dec. 8, 1857

Jan. 16, 1858
32

Salaries of

5th (Special)

Sept. 21, 1858

Nov. 4, 1058
38

members and

6th

Dec. 5, 1859

Jan, 13, 1860
30

officers paid

7th

Dec. 3, 1860

Jan. 11, 1861
32

from Federal

8th

Dec. 2, 1861

Jan. 10, 1862
29

appropriations
     1 From 1877 to 1936, both houses were Republican, except in 1891, 1893 and 1907, when the Populist and Democratic parties controlled both houses; in 1909, 1911, 1915, 1917, 1933 and 1935 when both houses were controlled by the Democratic party; and in 1913 when the House was Democratic and the Senate Republican. The Unicameral Legislature is elected on a nonpartisan ballot.
      2 The number of days are taken from the House Journal as the House was often in session more days than the Senate.
     3 As reported by the Auditor of Public Accounts. Legislative expense includes the following: Members' salaries and mileage, officers' salaries, employees' salaries, postage, telephone and telegraph, supplies and incidentals, printing House and Senate journals, and bill drafting services.

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TERRITORIAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS. DATES HELD. PLACE OF
MEETING AND COST OF SESSION1-(Continued)
Total Days in
Legislative
Session
Convened
Adjourned
Session2
Expense3

 4__

 9th
Jan. 7, 1864
Feb. 15, 1864
31

10th
Jan. 5, 1865
Feb. 13, 1805
32

11th
Jan. 4, 1866
Feb. 12, 1866
32

12th
Jan. 10, 1867
Feb. 18, 1867
32

     STATE

1st5
July 4, 1866
July 11, 1866
6

$ 2,309.20

2nd (Special)5
Feb. 20, 1807
Feb. 21, 1867
2

1,520.60

3rd (Special)
May 16, 1867
June 24, 1867
34

8,218.05

4th (Special)
Oct. 27, 1868
Oct. 28, 1868
2

960.65

5th
Jan. 7, 1869
Feb. 15, 1869
33

19,199.20

6th (Special)
Feb. 17, 1870
Mar. 4, 1870
14

7th (Special)
Mar. 4, 1870
Mar. 4, 1870

4,849.926

8th
Jan. 5, 1871
June 7, 1871
61

18,134.96

8th (Adjourned)
Jan. 9, 1872
Jan. 24, 1872

9th
Jan. 9. 1873
Mar. 4, 1873
40

22,500.46

10th (Special)
Mar. 27. 1873
Mar. 29, 1873

31,918.75

11th
Jan. 7. 1875
Feb. 25, 1875
39

23,901.20

12th (Special)
Dec. 5, 1876
Dec. 5, 1876

13th (Special)
Dec. 5, 1876
Dec. 5, 1876

1,010.207

14th
Jan. 2, 1877
Feb. 15, 1877
36

30,858.81

15th
Jan. 7, 1879
Feb. 25, 1879
40

42,423.96

16th
Jan. 4, 1881
Feb. 26, 1881
40

46,780.00

17th (Special)
May 10, 1882
May 24, 1882
13

14,291.32

18th
Jan. 2, 1883
Feb. 26, 1883
43

71,050.63

19th
Jan. 6, 1885
Mar. 5, 1885
43

84,874.68

20th
Jan. 4, 1887
Mar. 31, 1887
62

166,607.02

21st
Jan. 1, 1889
Mar. 30, 1889
67

174,260.10

22nd
Jan. 6, 1892
April 4, 1691
71

243,833.35

23rd
Jan. 3, 1893
April 8, 1893
74

117,629.16

24th
Jan. 1. 1895
April 5, 1893
71

123,330.72

25th
Jan. 5, 1857
April 9, 1097
73

102,083.30

26th
Jan. 3, 1899
Mar. 31, 1899
65

98,957.68

27th
Jan. 1, 1901
Mar. 28, 1901
64

126,855.45

28th
Jan. 6, 1903
April 8, 1903
65

103,918.35

29th
Jan. 3. 1905
Mar. 30, 1905
63

88,088.70

30th
Jan. 1, 1907
April 4, 1907
67

100,000.00

31st
Jan. 5. 1909
April 1, 1909
60

93,723.91

32nd
Jan. 3, 1911
April 6, 1911
67

104,954.52

33rd
Jan. 7, 1913
April 16, 1913
71

159,758.83

34th
Jan. 5, 1915
April 8, 1915
71

129,648,48

35th
Jan. 2, 1917
April 24, 1917
86

147.912.97

36th (Special)
Mar. 26, 1918
April 8, 1918
12

14,330.10

37th
Jan. 7, 1919
April 17. 1919
76

141,708.23

38th (Special)
July 29, 1919
Aug. 2, 1919
5

10,433.80

39th (Special)
Oct. 14, 1919
Oct. 18, 2010
5

10,382.04

40th
Jan. 4, 1921
April 28, 1921
91

189,859.71

41st (Special)
Jan. 24, 1922
Feb. 2, 1922
9

17,695.05

42nd
Jan. 2, 1923
May 2, 1923
87

181,547.60

43rd
Jan. 6. 1925
April 1, 1925
65

165,908.63

44th
Jan. 4, 1927
April 23, 1927
82

184,328,38

45th
Jan. 1, 1929
April 24, 1929
85

182,426.54

46th (Special)
Mar. 4, 1930
Mar. 13, 1930
11

23.861.06

47th
Jan. 6, 1931
May 2, 1931
89

186,704.42

48th (Special)
June 9, 1931
June 20, 1931
11

26,746.05

49th
Jan. 3, 1933
May 9, 1933
99

173,023.98

50th
Jan. 1, 1935
May 25, 1933
110

202,593.49

51st (Special)
Oct. 28. 1935
Nov. 25, 1933
24

30,769.52

52nd
Jan. 5, 1937
May 15, 1937
98

103,445.38

53rd
Jan. 3, 1939
June 7, 1939
111

100,678.33

54th (Special)
Jan. 2, 1940
Jan. 13, 1940
11

3,676.728

     4 No session of Territorial Legislature held in 1863. Federal appropriation of $20,000 to pay expenses of this Legislature was applied in payment of direct war tax due from Nebraska to the United States Treasury.
     5 Erroneously listed as sessions of the State Legislature, as Nebraska did not become a state until March 1, 1867.
     6 Legislative expense for 6th and 7th legislative sessions.
     7 Legislative expense for 12th and 13th legislative sessions.
     8 Includes cost of printing permanent Legislative Journal and Laws of Nebraska, which item is not included in other reports set out.

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LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

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TERRITORIAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, DATES HELD, PLACE OF
MEETING AND COST OF SESSION1-(Concluded)
Total Days in
Legislative
Session
Convened
Adjourned
Session2
Expense3

STATE (cont.)

55th
Jan. 7, 1941
May 23, 1941
99

$ 102,735.13

56th
Jan. 5, 1943
May 28, 1943
103

101,547.65

57th (Special)
Mar. 27, 1944
April 7, 1944
11

3,324.71

58th
Jan. 2, 1945
May 9, 1943
89

100,469.68

59th (Special)
Aug. 22, 1946
Aug. 29, 1946
7

2,140.01

60th
Jan. 7, 1947
June 6, 1947
103

117,459.22

61st
Jan. 4, 1949
May 26, 1949
100

121,305.78

62nd
Jan. 2, 1931
May 26, 1951
102

130,080.85

63rd (Special)
April 17. 1952
April 24, 1952
7

2,620.53

64th (Special)
Aug. 27, 1962
Sept. 5, 1952
7

3.463.479

65th
Jan. 6, 1953
June 13, 1953
113

153.369,17

66th (Special)
April 20, 1954
May 7, 1954
12

6,382.372

67th
Jan. 4, 1955
June17, 1933
114

177,739.05

68th
Jan. 1, 1957
June19, 1937
115

202,812 93

69th
Jan. 6, 1939
June 27, 1939
120

241,690.04

70th (Special)
Aug. 1, 1960
Aug. 9, 1960
7

4,887.369

71st (Special)
Dec. 12, 1960
Dec. 9, 1960
7

4,291.409

72nd
Jan. 3, 1961
July 8, 1961
126

287,485.69

73rd
Jan. 1, 1963
July 16, 1963
132

399,973.839

74th (Special)
Oct. 23, 1963
Nov. 23, 1963
24

21,023.388

75th
Jan. 3, 1965
Aug. 17, 1963
149

446,134.32

76th (Special)
June 6, 1966
June 13, 1966
7

6,020.408

     8 Includes cost of printing permanent Legislative Journal and Laws of Nebraska, which item is not included in other reports set out.
     9 Includes $50,000 appropriation for study of state accounting and financial organization.

NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS1 AND EMPLOYEES AND
THEIR PAY. 1877-1965
Year
Senate
House
Total Paid to Senate
Total Paid to House

1877

48
50

$ 4,987.00

$ 5,169.00

1879
57
53

5,049.50

5,546,00

1881

54
64

6,389.25

7,283.00

1883

51
72

8,253.50

8,514.00

1885

74
76

12,925.90

13,348,80

1887

76
82

14,852.00

15,587.00

1889

80
90

16,987.00

18.663.00

1891

119
112

26,762,40

20,025.00

1893

73
81

16,913.81

16,624.02

1095

107
90

21,227.50

15,972.60

1897

77
81

20,437.50

17,413.25

1899

79
75

15,260.50

17,397.00

1901
75
103

16,270.50

24,589.50

1903

62
103

15,762.00

22,746.00

1905

63
93

24,964.00

20,598.00

1907

63
73

13,806.50

19,011.50

1909
76
82

16,083.62

16,730.50

1911

82
86

13,589.50

17,019.50

1913

75
105

21,305.00

30,358.00

1915

59
34

15,506.46

11,319.84

1917

65
27

23,513,50

11,775.41

1919

42
56

16,290.00

12,518.60

1921
29
40

19,735.00

19,866.00

1923
32
36

15,749.50

18,357.31

1925
31
41

11,721.00

24,512.32

1927

35
36

13,806.50

19,061.98

1929

34
43

22,966.10

25,847.00

1931

44
45

25,227.20

24,885.50

1933

42
43

18,261.25

19,114.00

1935

36
33

23,980.91

22,059.00

1937
79

35,624.61

1939
822

37,430.223

1941
742

34,946.823

     1 Officers are as follows: assistant clerk, sergeant-at-arms, chaplain, assistant sergeant-at-arms, enrolling clerk, engrossing clerk, and postmaster.
     2 Includes the three permanent legislative employees, but does not include bill drafting staff.
     3 Does not include bill drafting expenditures. Prior to 1941 the cost of the bill drafting was paid out of the funds of the Legislative Reference Bureau at the University of Nebraska.

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NUMBER OF LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND
THEIR PAY. 1877-1965-(Concluded)

Year
Senate
House
Total Paid to Senate
Total Paid to House

1943
714

35,882.413

1945
734

34,623.303

1947
674

42,234.503

1949
604

42,234.503

1991
554

49,458.623

1953
724

59,494.413

1955
574

69,967.263

1957
644

84,041.253

1959
644

94.546.893

1961
834

117,044.283

1963

864

140,392.343

1965
904

171,430.933

     1 Does not include the permanent clerk of the Legislature nor the bill drafting staff.

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