ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION - 2025
COMMITTEE STATEMENT
LB185
Hearing Date: Thursday January 30, 2025
Committee On: Judiciary
Introducer: Dover
One Liner: Provide for electronic notices by landlords under the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
and the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act
Roll Call Vote - Final Committee Action:
Advanced to General File with amendment(s)
Vote Results:
Aye: 8 Senators Bosn, DeBoer, Hallstrom, Holdcroft, McKinney, Rountree,
Storer, Storm
Nay:
Absent:
Present Not Voting:
Testimony:
Proponents: Representing:
Senator Robert Dover Opening Presenter
Lynn Fisher Statewide Property Owners Association
Tara Holterhaus Apartment Association of Nebraska; Nebraska
Association of Commercial Property Owners;
Spencer Fane LLP
Kristy Lamb NP Dodge; Institute of Real Estate Management
Korby Gilbertson Nebraska Realtors Association; Homebuilders
Association of Lincoln; Metro Omaha Builders
Association
Dennis Tierney self
Nathan Haugen Metro Omaha Property Owners Association
Opponents: Representing:
Neutral: Representing:
Erin Feichtinger Women's Fund of Omaha
* ADA Accommodation Written Testimony
Summary of purpose and/or changes:
LB 185 amends the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act and the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act to
allow for electronic communication between landlords and tenants under certain circumstances.
Committee Statement: LB185
Judiciary Committee
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Section 1: Amends § 76-1410 to add a definition for “writing or written” to include a notice or document provided by
electronic means.
Section 2: Amends § 76-1413 to add that a person has notice of a fact under this section if notice is delivered
electronically, defines “delivered by electronic means,” and outlines electronic delivery methods. It also allows certain
documents to be delivered, stored, and presented electronically if they meet the requirements of the Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act. A landlord may deliver a notice or document electronically to a tenant if certain
enumerated circumstances are met. Finally, this section provides that it shall not be construed to supersede the
federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Section 3: Amends § 76-1450 to include Section 5 of the bill as part of the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act.
Section 4: Amends § 76-1457 to include the definition in Section 5 of the bill as a defined term for purposes of the
Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act.
Section 5: Adds a new section containing the definition of “writing or written,” using the definition for that term from
section 1 of LB 185.
Section 6: Amends § 76-1474 to add the same language as section 2 of LB 185 to the Mobile Home Landlord and
Tenant Act.
Section 7: Repealer.
Explanation of amendments:
LB 185 requires that before a tenant consents to have a notice or document delivered by electronic means, the
landlord to inform a tenant of any conditions or consequences imposed in the event the tenant withdraws consent.
The Committee Amendment, AM 75, entitles a tenant to withdraw consent without the imposition of any conditions or
consequences.
Carolyn Bosn, Chairperson
Committee Statement: LB185
Judiciary Committee
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