---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to powers and duties of the Jail Standards Board and provide requirements for inmate access to telephone or videoconferencing systems in county and city jails"
description: "Change provisions relating to powers and duties of the Jail Standards Board and provide requirements for inmate access to telephone or videoconferencing systems in county and city jails"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 776"
citation: "Nebraska LB 776 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCollister"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55e9b9ca-32b7-41e9-8206-a68f1e8e7511"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018"
source_hash: "99532ccd2caac12bc726f5893821e31c9feb46f2a231e43591e3d3a09521ede8"
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 776 (105) — Change provisions relating to powers and duties of the Jail Standards Board and provide requirements for inmate access to telephone or videoconferencing systems in county and city jails

## 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/LB776.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB776.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB776.pdf)

## Votes

- Groene MO242 failed — **5–28** (fail) · legislature
- Judiciary AM1687 adopted — **33–7** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **28–2** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 38-8-3 — **38–8** (pass) · legislature
- McCollister AM2512 adopted — **30–1** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McCollister — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-18** Approved by Governor on April 17, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11** Presented to Governor on April 11, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-11** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Passed on Final Reading 38-8-3 `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2018-04-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-04-06** Enrollment and Review ER147 adopted
- **2018-03-27** Enrollment and Review ER147 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-27** Placed on Select File with ER147 `filing`
- **2018-03-26** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-03-26** McCollister AM2512 adopted
- **2018-03-26** Groene AM2373 withdrawn
- **2018-03-26** Groene MO243 withdrawn
- **2018-03-26** McCollister AM2018 withdrawn
- **2018-03-20** McCollister AM2512 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-13** Groene AM2373 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-06** Groene MO243 pending
- **2018-03-06** Groene MO243 Reconsider the vote to bracket filed `filing`
- **2018-03-06** Groene MO242 failed
- **2018-03-06** Groene MO242 Bracket until April 18, 2018 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-06** McCollister AM2018 pending
- **2018-02-21** McCollister AM2018 pending
- **2018-02-21** McCollister AM2018 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-21** Judiciary AM1687 adopted
- **2018-02-12** McCollister priority bill
- **2018-01-30** Judiciary AM1687 filed `filing`
- **2018-01-30** Placed on General File with AM1687 `filing`
- **2018-01-09** Notice of hearing for January 18, 2018
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** 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/55e9b9ca-32b7-41e9-8206-a68f1e8e7511`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).