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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Change provisions relating to regulation of dark fiber"
+description: "Change provisions relating to regulation of dark fiber"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
+legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
+session: "108"
+identifier: "LB 61"
+citation: "Nebraska LB 61 (108)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brandt"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 67
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-01-05"
+last_action: "2024-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/844994c3-7539-4674-ac68-a34e898b3c95"
+source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
+source_hash: "ddb3c6e76951d1a057df3120215864468d99b89c156a6f64448763d3a4d3d6c2"
+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 61 (108) — Change provisions relating to regulation of dark fiber
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Intro/LB61.pdf)
+2. **Bostelman FA233** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/FA233.pdf)
+3. **Brandt AM2296** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2296.pdf)
+4. **DeBoer AM2531** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2531.pdf)
+5. **Enrollment and Review ER70** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER70.pdf)
+6. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB61.pdf)
+7. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB61.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Bostelman FA233 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature
+- Brandt AM2296 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature
+- DeBoer AM2531 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature
+- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **34–2** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brandt — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-18** Approved by Governor on March 18, 2024 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-18** Presented to Governor on March 15, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-15** President/Speaker signed `passage`
+- **2024-03-15** Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 `passage`
+- **2024-03-15** Dispensing of reading at large approved
+- **2024-03-12** Enrollment and Review ST41 recorded
+- **2024-03-12** Enrollment and Review ST41 filed `filing`
+- **2024-03-12** Placed on Final Reading with ST41 `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
+- **2024-03-04** Bostelman FA233 adopted
+- **2024-03-04** Brandt FA30 withdrawn
+- **2024-03-04** Enrollment and Review ER70 adopted
+- **2024-02-29** Bostelman FA233 filed `filing`
+- **2024-02-27** Enrollment and Review ER70 filed `filing`
+- **2024-02-15** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
+- **2024-02-15** Brandt FA29 withdrawn
+- **2024-02-15** Bostelman AM2068 withdrawn
+- **2024-02-15** DeBoer FA213 withdrawn
+- **2024-02-15** Brandt AM2296 adopted
+- **2024-02-15** DeBoer AM2531 adopted
+- **2024-02-15** DeBoer AM2531 to AM2296 filed `filing`
+- **2024-02-15** Bostelman FA215 withdrawn
+- **2024-02-15** DeBoer AM2471 withdrawn
+- **2024-02-13** Bostelman FA215 filed `filing`
+- **2024-02-13** DeBoer AM2471 pending
+- **2024-02-13** DeBoer AM2471 to AM2296 filed `filing`
+- **2024-02-13** Brandt AM2296 pending
+- **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO221 withdrawn
+- **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO220 withdrawn
+- **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO219 withdrawn
+- **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO218 withdrawn
+- **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO217 withdrawn
+- **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO216 withdrawn
+- **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO215 withdrawn
+- **2024-02-13** Geist AM781 not considered
+- **2024-02-13** Geist AM892 not considered
+- **2024-02-13** Geist AM894 not considered
+- **2024-02-13** Geist AM895 not considered
+- **2024-02-13** Geist AM896 not considered
+- **2024-02-13** Geist AM893 not considered
+- **2024-02-13** Geist AM905 not considered
+- **2024-02-08** DeBoer FA213 filed `filing`
+- **2024-02-01** Brandt AM2296 filed `filing`
+- **2024-01-09** Bostelman AM2068 filed `filing`
+- **2024-01-03** Brandt priority bill
+- **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
+- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO220 Bracket until June 2, 2023 filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO217 Bracket until June 1, 2023 filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO221 Recommit to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO219 Recommit to Judiciary Committee filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO216 Recommit to Judiciary Committee filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO218 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO215 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6 Section 3(f) filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-23** Geist AM781 filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-23** Geist AM892 filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-23** Geist AM894 filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-23** Geist AM895 filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-23** Geist AM896 filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-23** Geist AM893 filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-23** Geist AM905 filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-22** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-15** Brandt FA30 filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-15** Brandt FA29 filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-14** Brandt priority bill
+- **2023-01-30** Notice of hearing for February 21, 2023
+- **2023-01-09** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-05** 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/844994c3-7539-4674-ac68-a34e898b3c95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).
+