---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for Choose Life License Plates"
description: "Provide for Choose Life License Plates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 46"
citation: "Nebraska LB 46 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watermeier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 70
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4b5c420-a1d5-490e-92a5-375ab2d7d801"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "e2f765609ba413452c2a1bf6a017676e88f1da134991ab6e54879efeb2f59896"
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 46 (105) — Provide for Choose Life License 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/LB46.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB46.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB46.pdf)

## Votes

- Chambers FA3 lost — **6–32** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers FA8 lost — **4–36** (fail) · legislature
- Watermeier MO59 prevailed — **35–8** (fail) · legislature
- Watermeier MO41 prevailed — **36–6** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers FA4 lost — **1–32** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers FA2 lost — **6–32** (fail) · legislature
- Watermeier AM37 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–7** (pass) · legislature
- Chambers FA7 lost — **1–32** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers FA5 lost — **2–36** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers FA6 lost — **4–32** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 35-5-9 — **35–5** (pass) · legislature
- Morfeld AM40 lost — **5–31** (fail) · legislature
- Watermeier MO68 prevailed — **35–6** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Watermeier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-05** Approved by Governor on April 05, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-03** Presented to Governor on April 03, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-03** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Passed on Final Reading 35-5-9 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2017-04-03** Watermeier MO68 prevailed
- **2017-04-03** Watermeier MO68 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2017-04-03** Chambers FA9 withdrawn
- **2017-04-03** Motion to return to Select File withdrawn `filing`
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-17** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-03-17** Watermeier MO59 prevailed
- **2017-03-17** Watermeier MO59 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2017-03-17** Chambers FA8 lost
- **2017-03-17** Chambers MO58 withdrawn
- **2017-03-17** Chambers MO58 Reconsider the vote on FA7 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-17** Chambers FA7 lost
- **2017-03-16** Chambers FA7 pending
- **2017-03-16** Chambers FA6 lost
- **2017-03-16** Chambers FA5 lost
- **2017-03-16** Enrollment and Review ER16 adopted
- **2017-03-03** Enrollment and Review ER16 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-03** Placed on Select File with ER16 `filing`
- **2017-02-28** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-02-28** Watermeier MO41 prevailed
- **2017-02-28** Watermeier MO41 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2017-02-28** Chambers FA4 lost
- **2017-02-27** Chambers FA3 lost
- **2017-02-27** Chambers FA2 lost
- **2017-02-27** Morfeld AM40 lost
- **2017-02-27** Watermeier AM37 adopted
- **2017-02-24** Watermeier AM37 pending
- **2017-02-24** Watermeier AM37 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-27** Pansing Brooks AM52 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Hilgers name added
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA25 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA24 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA23 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA22 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA21 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA20 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA19 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA18 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA17 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA16 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA15 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA14 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA13 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA12 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA11 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA10 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA9 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA8 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA7 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA6 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA5 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA4 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA3 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-26** Chambers FA2 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-24** Morfeld AM40 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-24** McDonnell name added
- **2017-01-24** Linehan name added
- **2017-01-23** Riepe name added
- **2017-01-23** Geist name added
- **2017-01-23** Quick name added
- **2017-01-23** Hilkemann name added
- **2017-01-19** Placed on General File `filing`
- **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/c4b5c420-a1d5-490e-92a5-375ab2d7d801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).