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).

[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] The following is a list of the speakers of the Nebraska Legislature since it became a unicameral body in 1937.