| Speaker of the Legislature of Nebraska | |
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| Type | Speaker |
| Member of | Nebraska Legislature |
| Term length | Two years |
| Formation | 1937 |
| First holder | Charles J. Warner |
The speaker of the Nebraska Legislature is the highest-ranking officer elected from among the membership of the Nebraska Legislature. The speaker presides over the body in the absence of the lieutenant governor.[1] The speaker is generally recognized to be the parliamentary leader of the Nebraska Legislature and, with the approval of the executive board, determines the legislative agenda (the order in which bills and resolutions are considered).[2] The speaker has the privilege of speaking at any stage of the legislature's proceedings in accordance with his or her responsibilities as speaker.[3]
The speaker is second in line to become the Governor of Nebraska if both the offices of governor and lieutenant governor become simultaneously vacant.[4]
Before the creation of this office, Nebraska had a bicameral legislature, and the leaders of the upper and lower houses were, respectively, the president pro tempore of the Nebraska Senate and the speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives.[5]
- ^ "Nebraska Constitution Article III, Section 10", Nebraska Legislature,
[T]he Legislature... shall choose its own officers, including a Speaker to preside when the Lieutenant Governor shall be absent, incapacitated, or shall act as Governor.
- ^ "Rules of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature: Rule 1, Section 16" (PDF), Nebraska Legislature, pp. 4–5, 2024,
The Speaker, with the approval of the Executive Board, shall report to the Legislature the order in which bills and resolutions shall be considered.... The Speaker shall prepare a daily legislative agenda.
- ^ "Rules of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature: Rule 1, Section 15" (PDF), Nebraska Legislature, p. 4, 2024,
The Speaker ...shall be privileged to speak at any stage of proceedings at any time incident to the duties and responsibilities of his or her office.
- ^ "Nebraska Constitution Article IV, Section 16", Nebraska Legislature,
In case of the conviction of the Governor on impeachment, his removal from office, his resignation or his death, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the Legislature and such other persons designated by law shall in that order be Governor for the remainder of the Governor's term.
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