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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibit cultivated-protein food products under the Nebraska Pure Food Act and provide a deceptive trade practice"
+description: "Prohibit cultivated-protein food products under the Nebraska Pure Food Act and provide a deceptive trade practice"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
+legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
+session: "109"
+identifier: "LB 246"
+citation: "Nebraska LB 246 (109)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DeKay"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-01-14"
+last_action: "2025-05-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa478355-d700-434d-ae18-3c2cf8009712"
+source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
+source_hash: "6a3e15873f919914862e0a6490849680ef5fd4695c94c2a9ec3579b8e85ced8e"
+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 246 (109) — Prohibit cultivated-protein food products under the Nebraska Pure Food Act and provide a deceptive trade practice
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB246.pdf)
+2. **Agriculture AM226** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM226.pdf)
+3. **Enrollment and Review ER38** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER38.pdf)
+4. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB246.pdf)
+5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB246.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DeKay MO199 prevailed — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
+- Passed on Final Reading 38-11-0 — **38–11** (pass) · legislature
+- Conrad AM882 lost — **12–24** (fail) · legislature
+- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **33–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Agriculture AM226 adopted — **33–1** (fail) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DeKay — primary (person)
+- Brandt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-21** Approved by Governor on May 20, 2025 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Presented to Governor on May 14, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** President/Speaker signed `passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Passed on Final Reading 38-11-0 `passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Dispensing of reading at large approved
+- **2025-04-30** Enrollment and Review ST28 recorded
+- **2025-04-30** Enrollment and Review ST28 filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-30** Placed on Final Reading Second with ST28 `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-25** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Reengrossment
+- **2025-04-25** DeKay MO199 prevailed
+- **2025-04-24** DeKay MO199 Pursuant to Rule 6, Section 8(b)(1), recommit to Enrollment and Review to correct an error and for reengrossment filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-23** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
+- **2025-04-22** Conrad AM882 lost
+- **2025-04-17** Conrad AM882 pending
+- **2025-04-17** Enrollment and Review ER38 adopted
+- **2025-04-08** Enrollment and Review ER38 filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-08** Placed on Select File with ER38 `filing`
+- **2025-04-03** Conrad AM882 filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-31** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
+- **2025-03-31** Agriculture AM226 adopted
+- **2025-03-17** Agriculture AM226 filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-17** Placed on General File with AM226 `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-14** Agriculture priority bill
+- **2025-02-03** Notice of hearing for February 18, 2025
+- **2025-01-16** Referred to Agriculture Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-15** Brandt name added
+- **2025-01-14** 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/aa478355-d700-434d-ae18-3c2cf8009712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).
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