---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide a deadline for electronic voter registration"
description: "Provide a deadline for electronic voter registration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 1038"
citation: "Nebraska LB 1038 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thibodeau"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4394407-dcc7-438a-bc42-c791c175b002"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018"
source_hash: "a12e2d317261524724118820fd55988e45af22679b5f2c127e3abd28e3bb583b"
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 1038 (105) — Provide a deadline for electronic voter registration

## 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/LB1038.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB1038.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB1038.pdf)

## Votes

- Thibodeau AM2790 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **42–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Thibodeau — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **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 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2018-04-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-04-04** Thibodeau AM2790 adopted
- **2018-04-04** Thibodeau AM2790 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2018-03-27** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-03-12** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2018-01-26** Notice of hearing for February 02, 2018
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** 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/a4394407-dcc7-438a-bc42-c791c175b002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).