Constitution of the State of Nebraska

1875

Nebraska adopted its current constitution in 1875, three years after achieving statehood in 1867 under its original 1866 document. The 1875 constitution was a response to concerns about government overreach and debt, imposing stricter limits on state borrowing and legislative power. Nebraska is unique among American states in that its constitution establishes a unicameral legislature — a single-chamber body — which was adopted by amendment in 1934 and has operated continuously since 1937. That distinction makes Nebraska's constitutional structure unlike any other state in the nation.