---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change and eliminate Department of Agriculture provisions relating to publicity, publications, and personnel"
description: "Change and eliminate Department of Agriculture provisions relating to publicity, publications, and personnel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 135"
citation: "Nebraska LB 135 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2018-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19197d2a-c167-4949-887a-d9f80288f77a"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "f47a4d826dfc91a93b8d840840e36038603ffda888057f27d4c9277d1cf826e5"
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 135 (105) — Change and eliminate Department of Agriculture provisions relating to publicity, publications, and personnel

## 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/LB135.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB135.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB135.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Approved by Governor on February 14, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-08** Presented to Governor on February 08, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-08** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2018-01-26** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-01-26** Enrollment and Review ER93 adopted
- **2018-01-17** Enrollment and Review ER93 filed `filing`
- **2018-01-17** Placed on Select File with ER93 `filing`
- **2018-01-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2017-02-03** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2017-01-13** Notice of hearing for January 24, 2017
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Agriculture Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-09** 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/19197d2a-c167-4949-887a-d9f80288f77a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).