ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION - 2025
COMMITTEE STATEMENT
LB85
Hearing Date: Wednesday January 22, 2025
Committee On: Judiciary
Introducer: DeBoer
One Liner: Change requirements for collection of personal property of decedents' estates by affidavit
Roll Call Vote - Final Committee Action:
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Vote Results:
Aye: 8 Senators Bosn, DeBoer, Hallstrom, Holdcroft, McKinney, Rountree,
Storer, Storm
Nay:
Absent:
Present Not Voting:
Testimony:
Proponents: Representing:
Senator Wendy DeBoer Opening Presenter
Jerry Stilmock Nebraska Bankers Association
Dexter Schrodt Nebraska Independent Community Bankers
Tim Hruza Nebraska State Bar Association
Opponents: Representing:
Neutral: Representing:
* ADA Accommodation Written Testimony
Summary of purpose and/or changes:
Section 1: Amends § 30-24,125 to allow for the use of an abstract of death when filing a small
estate affidavit if the certified death certificate is delayed. A small estate affidavit (applicable to
estates with a fair market value of $100 thousand or less) allows successors of the estate to get the
property transferred to them without filing a probate action. Currently, the law requires a
decedent’s successor to provide a certified or authenticated copy of the death certificate to prove
that thirty days have passed since the decedent’s death.
Section 2: repeals original section.
Committee Statement: LB85
Judiciary Committee
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Carolyn Bosn, Chairperson
Committee Statement: LB85
Judiciary Committee
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