Nebraska Legislative Session 2027: Jan. 6 to Day 90 on June 4

The Nebraska Legislature’s tentative 2027 calendar puts Day 1 of the session on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2027, and Day 90 on Friday, June 4. The Nebraska Legislature publishes the grid as the “Tentative 2027 Legislative Session” calendar. The table below gives every one of the 90 days by date, with the 14 recess days and four holidays, and a free printable tracker keeps the key dates in one place.

The asterisk matters. The calendar’s footnote reads: “*The speaker elected on Jan. 6, 2027, will publish the official session calendar.” Treat every date here as a plan until that calendar appears.

Nebraska legislative session 2027 by day and date

The grid shows legislative days only on weekdays. Each row below gives the days the calendar numbers, and the day counts were checked against each week of the printed calendar. Recess days and holidays are not numbered.

Dates in 2027	Weekdays	Legislative days	Notes
Jan. 6-8	Wed.-Fri.	1-3	Session convenes Jan. 6
Jan. 11-15	Mon.-Fri.	4-8
Jan. 18	Mon.	none	Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan. 19-22	Tue.-Fri.	9-12
Jan. 25-29	Mon.-Fri.	13-17
Feb. 1-5	Mon.-Fri.	18-22
Feb. 8-11	Mon.-Thu.	23-26	Recess Fri., Feb. 12
Feb. 15	Mon.	none	Holiday: Presidents’ Day
Feb. 16-19	Tue.-Fri.	27-30
Feb. 22-26	Mon.-Fri.	31-35
Mar. 1-5	Mon.-Fri.	36-40
Mar. 8-11	Mon.-Thu.	41-44	Recess Fri., Mar. 12
Mar. 15	Mon.	none	Recess
Mar. 16-19	Tue.-Fri.	45-48
Mar. 22-25	Mon.-Thu.	49-52	Recess Fri., Mar. 26
Mar. 29	Mon.	none	Recess
Mar. 30-Apr. 2	Tue.-Fri.	53-56
Apr. 5-8	Mon.-Thu.	57-60	Recess Fri., Apr. 9
Apr. 12	Mon.	none	Recess
Apr. 13-16	Tue.-Fri.	61-64
Apr. 19-22	Mon.-Thu.	65-68	Recess Fri., Apr. 23
Apr. 26-29	Mon.-Thu.	69-72	Holiday Fri., Apr. 30: Arbor Day
May 3-6	Mon.-Thu.	73-76	Recess Fri., May 7
May 10	Mon.	none	Recess
May 11-14	Tue.-Fri.	77-80
May 17-20	Mon.-Thu.	81-84	Recess Fri., May 21
May 24-28	Mon.-Fri.	85-89
May 31	Mon.	none	Holiday: Memorial Day
June 1-3	Tue.-Thu.	none	Recess
June 4	Fri.	90	Last day on the tentative grid

The weekdays are computed from the dates. The Legislature’s own lists match the table: recess days are “February 12; March 12, 15, 26, 29; April 9, 12, 23; May 7, 10, 21; June 1, 2, 3,” and the holidays are January 18 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), February 15 (Presidents’ Day), April 30 (Arbor Day) and May 31 (Memorial Day).

How many legislative days fall in each month?

Counting the numbered days on the grid (computed from the calendar):

Month	Legislative days	Day numbers	Recess days	Holidays
January	17	1-17	0	1
February	18	18-35	1	1
March	19	36-54	4	0
April	18	55-72	3	1
May	17	73-89	3	1
June	1	90	3	0
Total	90	1-90	14	4

The 90 days run across 150 calendar days, Jan. 6 to June 4 (computed). Of the 14 recess days, 11 fall on a Friday or a Monday and the other three are Tuesday to Thursday, June 1-3 (computed from the weekdays).

Why does the Nebraska session start on Jan. 6?

Article III, Section 10 of the Nebraska Constitution says regular sessions are held annually, “commencing at 10 a.m. on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January of each year.” The first Monday in January 2027 is Jan. 4, so the first Wednesday after it is Jan. 6, the date on the tentative calendar.

How long can the 2027 session run?

The same section says the duration of regular sessions “shall not exceed ninety legislative days in odd-numbered years unless extended by a vote of four-fifths of all members elected to the Legislature,” and “shall not exceed sixty legislative days in even-numbered years” under the same four-fifths extension. The 2027 grid reaches Day 90 on June 4.

For comparison, the Legislature’s tentative 2025 calendar placed Day 1 on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, and Day 90 on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Its footnote said the calendar was subject to change by the speaker elected in the 109th Legislature. The 2027 calendar carries the same kind of caveat.

When does Nebraska bill introduction end?

The Legislature’s rule book, “Rules of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature” for the 109th Legislature, 2025-2026, says in Rule 5, Section 4(c): “No bill shall be introduced after the tenth legislative day of any session,” with exceptions. “A” bills, appropriation bills and bills introduced at the request of the Governor may be introduced at any time, and a committee may ask the Legislature to consider a bill with a three-fifths vote of the elected members.

On the tentative grid, legislative day 10 is Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2027 (computed). The rule book read is the 2025-2026 edition, and the calendar can change, so check the rules and the official calendar after Jan. 6. Priority bill designations and hearing dates are not posted on the sources read.

Print the Nebraska Legislature 2027 session tracker

The free tracker lists the opening day, the holidays, the recess breaks and Day 90, with a box to check off each. Pair it with a January 2027 calendar, a May 2027 calendar or a June 2027 calendar. Other legislatures publish their own schedules: see the North Dakota Legislature 2027 session, the Montana Legislature 2027 session and the Oklahoma Legislature 2027 session.