---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize telephone conferencing for meetings of the Nebraska Brand Committee"
description: "Authorize telephone conferencing for meetings of the Nebraska Brand Committee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 318"
citation: "Nebraska LB 318 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17fd7aca-dc1c-49de-b748-96ad251616fc"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "e6b3c2c0a0737722b789054ae7409baee4bf285401fb3d38382aa91695187f82"
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 318 (105) — Authorize telephone conferencing for meetings of the Nebraska Brand Committee

## 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/LB318.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB318.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB318.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Hughes AM1114 adopted — **33–1** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-15** Approved by Governor on May 12, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-09** Presented to Governor on May 08, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Final Reading with ST27 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-02** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-05-02** Enrollment and Review ER76 adopted
- **2017-04-24** Enrollment and Review ER76 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-24** Placed on Select File with ER76 `filing`
- **2017-04-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-04-20** Hughes AM1114 adopted
- **2017-04-20** Hughes AM1114 filed `filing`
- **2017-02-27** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2017-01-18** Notice of hearing for January 25, 2017
- **2017-01-17** Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** 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/17fd7aca-dc1c-49de-b748-96ad251616fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).