---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change motor vehicle provisions relating to child passenger restraint requirements"
description: "Change motor vehicle provisions relating to child passenger restraint requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 42"
citation: "Nebraska LB 42 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilkemann"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfdbdd38-552b-4b9b-a96d-1ff933f7e3f7"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "1bc0383b42c7640851b7cfb72328c74023e13101b704d921adc050ad3755c09c"
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 42 (105) — Change motor vehicle provisions relating to child passenger restraint requirements

## 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/LB42.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB42.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB42.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 40-2-7 — **40–2** (pass) · legislature
- Transportation and Telecommunications AM1965 adopted — **25–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **36–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hilkemann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-04** Approved by Governor on April 04, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-29** Presented to Governor on March 29, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-29** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Passed on Final Reading 40-2-7 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-03-15** Enrollment and Review ER124 adopted
- **2018-03-09** Enrollment and Review ER124 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Select File with ER124 `filing`
- **2018-03-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-03-08** Transportation and Telecommunications AM1965 adopted
- **2018-02-21** Transportation and Telecommunications AM1965 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on General File with AM1965 `filing`
- **2018-02-20** Hilkemann priority bill
- **2018-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2017-02-02** Notice of hearing for February 27, 2017
- **2017-01-09** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** 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/cfdbdd38-552b-4b9b-a96d-1ff933f7e3f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).