Nebraska Legislature

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Nebraska Legislature
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	2 consecutive terms
Leadership
President	Joe Kelly (R) since January 5, 2023
Speaker	John Arch (R) since January 4, 2023
Executive Board Chair	Ray Aguilar (R) since January 3, 2024
Executive Board Vice Chair	John Lowe (R) since January 3, 2024
Structure
Seats	49
Legislature political groups	Officially nonpartisan Majority (33)   Republican (33)[a] 33 / 49 (67%) Minority (16)   Democratic (15)[a] 15 / 49 (31%)   Independent Democrat (1)[a] 1 / 49 (2%)
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Article III, Nebraska Constitution
Salary	$12,000/year + per diem
Elections
Legislature voting system	Top-two primary
Last Legislature election	November 8, 2022 (24 seats)
Next Legislature election	November 5, 2024 (25 seats)
Redistricting	Legislature control
Meeting place
Nebraska State Capitol Lincoln
Website
www.nebraskalegislature.gov

The Nebraska Legislature^[1] (also called the Unicameral)^[2] is the legislature of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members, known as "senators",^[3] the Nebraska Legislature is the smallest U.S. state legislature. A total of 25 members is required for a majority; however, in order to overcome a filibuster, a two-thirds vote of all members is required, which takes 33 votes.^[4]

Unlike the legislatures of the other 49 U.S. states and the U.S. Congress, the Nebraska Legislature is unicameral. It is also nonpartisan in that it does not officially recognize its members' political party affiliation or a formal partisan leadership structure. All 49 members elect, by secret ballot, the Legislature's officers (except the Lieutenant Governor, who serves as President of the Legislature) and committee chairs with the aim of ensuring lawmakers select leaders they truly support without undue pressure or influence from other branches of government, the political parties, or other sources of outside influence.

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