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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Create the Rural Broadband Task Force and exempt dark fiber from sales tax"
+description: "Create the Rural Broadband Task Force and exempt dark fiber from sales tax"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
+legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
+session: "105"
+identifier: "LB 994"
+citation: "Nebraska LB 994 (105)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Friesen"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-01-11"
+last_action: "2018-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57da55d5-8623-46d9-a4ab-92b8b754d79e"
+source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018"
+source_hash: "3afdbfff8498574a10ad24e7cc3f74dfc929bfbd034bf9e9fcaf34aa9f1fa93e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ne"]
+---
+
+# Nebraska LB 994 (105) — Create the Rural Broadband Task Force and exempt dark fiber from sales tax
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Intro/LB994.pdf)
+2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB994.pdf)
+3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB994.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Friesen AM2387 adopted — **25–0** (fail) · legislature
+- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Friesen AM2799 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature
+- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Transportation and Telecommunications AM2358 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature
+- Friesen AM2685 adopted — **28–0** (fail) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Friesen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-04-23** Provisions/portions of LB966 amended into LB994 by AM2685
+- **2018-04-18** Approved by Governor on April 17, 2018 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-04-11** Presented to Governor on April 11, 2018 `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-04-11** President/Speaker signed `passage`
+- **2018-04-11** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 `passage`
+- **2018-04-09** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
+- **2018-04-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
+- **2018-04-09** Friesen AM2799 adopted
+- **2018-04-09** Enrollment and Review ER158 adopted
+- **2018-04-05** Friesen AM2799 filed `filing`
+- **2018-03-28** Enrollment and Review ER158 filed `filing`
+- **2018-03-28** Placed on Select File with ER158 `filing`
+- **2018-03-27** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
+- **2018-03-27** Friesen AM2685 adopted
+- **2018-03-27** Friesen AM2387 adopted
+- **2018-03-27** Transportation and Telecommunications AM2358 adopted
+- **2018-03-27** Friesen AM2685 filed `filing`
+- **2018-03-14** Friesen AM2387 filed `filing`
+- **2018-03-14** Transportation and Telecommunications AM2358 filed `filing`
+- **2018-03-14** Placed on General File with AM2358 `filing`
+- **2018-02-20** Transportation and Telecommunications priority bill
+- **2018-02-02** Wayne name added
+- **2018-01-26** Notice of hearing for February 05, 2018
+- **2018-01-17** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-16** Brewer name added
+- **2018-01-11** Date of introduction `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57da55d5-8623-46d9-a4ab-92b8b754d79e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).
+