---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act and change provisions relating to perjury"
description: "Adopt the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act and change provisions relating to perjury"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 57"
citation: "Nebraska LB 57 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morfeld"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6109fca6-e09b-43b6-b77f-b4515f30c418"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "65cf89904845df33a4965ee0c14fd4fe154c907ee9d2fbce6cda8eeb08120def"
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 57 (105) — Adopt the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act and change provisions relating to perjury

## 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/LB57.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB57.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB57.pdf)

## Votes

- Morfeld AM453 adopted — **41–1** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 43-3-3 — **43–3** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **34–10** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Morfeld — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-29** Approved by Governor on March 29, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-23** Presented to Governor on March 23, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-23** Wayne explanation of vote
- **2017-03-23** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Passed on Final Reading 43-3-3 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-16** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-03-16** Wayne MO56 withdrawn
- **2017-03-16** Morfeld AM453 adopted
- **2017-03-15** Wayne MO56 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2017-03-08** Morfeld AM453 filed `filing`
- **2017-02-27** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2017-02-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-01-23** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2017-01-10** Notice of hearing for January 19, 2017
- **2017-01-09** Referred to Judiciary 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/6109fca6-e09b-43b6-b77f-b4515f30c418`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).