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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Recognize American Sign Language, provide for the teaching of American Sign Language in schools and postsecondary educational institutions, and establish a language assessment program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing"
+description: "Recognize American Sign Language, provide for the teaching of American Sign Language in schools and postsecondary educational institutions, and establish a language assessment program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
+legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
+session: "106"
+identifier: "LB 965"
+citation: "Nebraska LB 965 (106)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McDonnell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-01-13"
+last_action: "2020-08-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35613198-56e3-48a5-9d79-9c19e46e827f"
+source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2020"
+source_hash: "19bd89324c99691425d59e48c5bba35a4f19272e41d3c5b95ce16fc4dd3fbf65"
+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 965 (106) — Recognize American Sign Language, provide for the teaching of American Sign Language in schools and postsecondary educational institutions, and establish a language assessment program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Intro/LB965.pdf)
+2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB965.pdf)
+3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB965.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- McDonnell AM2992 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
+- Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Education AM2234 adopted — **45–0** (fail) · legislature
+- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McDonnell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-08-18** Provisions/portions of LB839 amended into LB965 by AM2234
+- **2020-08-18** Approved by Governor on August 15, 2020 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-08-12** Presented to Governor on August 11, 2020 `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-08-11** President/Speaker signed `passage`
+- **2020-08-11** Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 `passage`
+- **2020-08-03** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
+- **2020-07-30** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
+- **2020-07-30** McDonnell AM2992 adopted
+- **2020-07-30** Enrollment and Review ER199 adopted
+- **2020-07-28** McDonnell AM2992 filed `filing`
+- **2020-03-10** Enrollment and Review ER199 filed `filing`
+- **2020-03-10** Placed on Select File with ER199 `filing`
+- **2020-03-05** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
+- **2020-03-05** Education AM2234 adopted
+- **2020-02-25** Speaker priority bill
+- **2020-02-05** Education AM2234 filed `filing`
+- **2020-02-05** Placed on General File with AM2234 `filing`
+- **2020-01-21** Notice of hearing for January 28, 2020
+- **2020-01-14** Referred to Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-13** 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/35613198-56e3-48a5-9d79-9c19e46e827f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).
+