---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize automated-driving-system-equipped vehicles, automated driving systems, and driverless-capable vehicles as prescribed"
description: "Authorize automated-driving-system-equipped vehicles, automated driving systems, and driverless-capable vehicles as prescribed"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 989"
citation: "Nebraska LB 989 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wishart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 66
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bc6c9b3-2554-4bd7-8c94-885b59ddedcb"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018"
source_hash: "b036cc8daec080281888a0fa79e77464b05de9891a8a618dd8e15f64db2916c7"
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 989 (105) — Authorize automated-driving-system-equipped vehicles, automated driving systems, and driverless-capable vehicles as prescribed

## 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/LB989.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB989.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB989.pdf)

## Votes

- Wishart AM2907 adopted — **28–2** (fail) · legislature
- Larson AM2787 adopted — **32–1** (fail) · legislature
- Friesen MO324 failed — **14–16** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **33–13** (pass) · legislature
- Friesen MO323 failed — **4–27** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 34-8-7 — **34–8** (pass) · legislature
- Friesen MO337 failed — **12–33** (fail) · legislature
- Friesen MO338 failed — **10–29** (fail) · legislature
- Friesen AM2881 lost — **20–26** (fail) · legislature
- Wishart MO340 prevailed — **37–8** (fail) · legislature
- Transportation and Telecommunications AM2612 adopted — **32–10** (fail) · legislature
- Smith AM2899 adopted — **33–9** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Wishart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23** Approved by Governor on April 23, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-18** Presented to Governor on April 18, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-18** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Passed on Final Reading 34-8-7 `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Morfeld name added
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Final Reading with ST69 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-10** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-04-10** Wishart AM2907 adopted
- **2018-04-10** Wishart AM2907 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-10** Blood AM2865 withdrawn
- **2018-04-10** Friesen AM2892 withdrawn
- **2018-04-10** Wishart AM2896 withdrawn
- **2018-04-10** Smith AM2894 withdrawn
- **2018-04-10** Enrollment and Review ER182 adopted
- **2018-04-09** Enrollment and Review ER182 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Placed on Select File with ER182 `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Blood AM2865 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-04-09** Transportation and Telecommunications AM2612 adopted
- **2018-04-09** Wishart MO340 prevailed
- **2018-04-09** Wishart MO340 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Smith AM2899 adopted
- **2018-04-09** Smith AM2890 withdrawn
- **2018-04-09** Smith MO339 withdrawn
- **2018-04-09** Friesen objection to unanimous consent to request to substitute amendment withdrawn
- **2018-04-09** Smith MO339 pending
- **2018-04-09** Smith MO339 Substitute AM2899 for AM2890 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Friesen objected to unanimous consent to request to substitute amendment
- **2018-04-09** Smith AM2899 pending
- **2018-04-09** Smith AM2899 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Smith AM2890 pending
- **2018-04-09** Smith AM2890 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Friesen MO338 failed
- **2018-04-09** Friesen MO338 Permit consideration of AM2879 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Friesen AM2879 pending
- **2018-04-09** Friesen MO337 failed
- **2018-04-09** Friesen MO337 Substitute AM2892 for AM2879 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Wishart objected to unanimous consent to request to substitute amendment
- **2018-04-09** Friesen AM2892 pending
- **2018-04-09** Friesen AM2892 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Friesen AM2879 pending
- **2018-04-09** Friesen AM2879 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Friesen AM2881 lost
- **2018-04-09** Friesen AM2881 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Friesen AM2828 withdrawn
- **2018-04-09** Friesen MO324 failed
- **2018-04-09** Wishart AM2896 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-09** Smith AM2894 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-06** Larson name added
- **2018-04-05** Friesen AM2828 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-05** Friesen MO324 Recommit to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee filed `filing`
- **2018-04-05** Larson AM2787 adopted
- **2018-04-05** Friesen MO323 failed
- **2018-04-04** Friesen MO323 pending
- **2018-04-04** Friesen MO323 Bracket until April 18, 2018 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-04** Larson AM2787 pending
- **2018-04-04** Larson AM2787 filed `filing`
- **2018-04-04** Transportation and Telecommunications AM2612 pending
- **2018-03-27** Transportation and Telecommunications AM2612 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-27** Placed on General File with AM2612 `filing`
- **2018-02-20** Wishart priority bill
- **2018-02-01** Notice of hearing for February 13, 2018
- **2018-01-17** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Geist name added
- **2018-01-16** Hansen name added
- **2018-01-11** 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/8bc6c9b3-2554-4bd7-8c94-885b59ddedcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).