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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provide for adoption by a second adult person and change provisions relating to adoptions"
+description: "Provide for adoption by a second adult person and change provisions relating to adoptions"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
+legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
+session: "109"
+identifier: "LB 70"
+citation: "Nebraska LB 70 (109)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DeBoer"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-09"
+last_action: "2026-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f66c67a-0dda-4edb-9ee2-243101086cd5"
+source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
+source_hash: "ba48e0330cfe3002a3501dc5e6f599cc51ea6dda30f513d4995e091b7b5c30d1"
+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 70 (109) — Provide for adoption by a second adult person and change provisions relating to adoptions
+
+## 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/LB70.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment and Review ER118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER118.pdf)
+3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB70.pdf)
+4. **Judiciary AM1660** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1660.pdf)
+5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB70.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed on Final Reading 47-1*-1 — **47–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Judiciary AM1660 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DeBoer — primary (person)
+- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
+- Raybould — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-03** Approved by Governor on March 3, 2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-03** Presented to Governor on February 27, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-02-27** President/Speaker signed `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Passed on Final Reading 47-1*-1 `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Dispensing of reading at large approved
+- **2026-02-24** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
+- **2026-02-19** Enrollment and Review ER118 adopted
+- **2026-02-10** Enrollment and Review ER118 filed `filing`
+- **2026-02-10** Placed on Select File with ER118 `filing`
+- **2026-02-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
+- **2026-02-04** Judiciary AM1660 adopted
+- **2026-01-29** Judiciary AM1660 filed `filing`
+- **2026-01-29** Placed on General File with AM1660 `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-07** Title printed. Carryover bill
+- **2025-01-16** Notice of hearing for January 24, 2025
+- **2025-01-15** Conrad name added
+- **2025-01-14** Raybould name added
+- **2025-01-13** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-09** 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/3f66c67a-0dda-4edb-9ee2-243101086cd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).
+