The $11.1 billion biennial budget that will fund Nebraska’s government for the next two years is law. But whether Gov. Jim Pillen returned the budget to the Legislature with his line-item vetoes under the constitutionally required deadline remains in question.

Typically, any veto issued by the governor is read aloud to lawmakers as soon as it is received by the Clerk of the Legislature. That did not happen Thursday morning, despite Pillen’s office sending out his veto message and letter to senators and media around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday.

Without the clerk’s office receiving the line-item vetoes before midnight, five days after the Legislature passed the budget on final reading, it becomes law without his signature.

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