---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to Military Honor Plates"
description: "Change provisions relating to Military Honor Plates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 45"
citation: "Nebraska LB 45 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watermeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41ba9559-9aec-4f27-828a-1e7bae4653c6"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "bb4414bd6f8b117fb58d0fd7d4560a03b4d1170cde0a39c2cd1487c606ee2fa8"
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 45 (105) — Change provisions relating to Military Honor Plates

## 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/LB45.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB45.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB45.pdf)

## Votes

- McCollister AM32 adopted — **44–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 46-1-2 — **46–1** (pass) · legislature
- Watermeier AM39 adopted — **34–2** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Watermeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-23** Provisions/portions of LB419 amended into LB45 by AM32
- **2017-03-08** Approved by Governor on March 07, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-03** Presented to Governor on March 03, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-03** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Passed on Final Reading 46-1-2 `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-02-23** Enrollment and Review ER1 adopted
- **2017-01-25** Enrollment and Review ER1 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-25** Placed on Select File with ER1 `filing`
- **2017-01-24** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-01-24** Chambers MO21 withdrawn
- **2017-01-24** Chambers MO21 Bracket until June 2, 2017 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-24** Watermeier AM39 adopted
- **2017-01-24** Watermeier AM39 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-24** McCollister AM32 adopted
- **2017-01-23** McCollister AM32 pending
- **2017-01-23** McCollister AM32 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-23** Watermeier FA1 withdrawn
- **2017-01-23** Watermeier FA1 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-23** Chambers MO17 withdrawn
- **2017-01-23** Chambers MO17 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2017-01-23** Pending
- **2017-01-18** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2017-01-10** Lindstrom name added
- **2017-01-09** Notice of hearing for January 17, 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/41ba9559-9aec-4f27-828a-1e7bae4653c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).