---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create the Rural Broadband Task Force and exempt dark fiber from sales tax"
description: "Create the Rural Broadband Task Force and exempt dark fiber from sales tax"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 994"
citation: "Nebraska LB 994 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friesen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57da55d5-8623-46d9-a4ab-92b8b754d79e"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018"
source_hash: "3afdbfff8498574a10ad24e7cc3f74dfc929bfbd034bf9e9fcaf34aa9f1fa93e"
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 994 (105) — Create the Rural Broadband Task Force and exempt dark fiber from sales tax

## 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/LB994.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB994.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB994.pdf)

## Votes

- Friesen AM2387 adopted — **25–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Friesen AM2799 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Transportation and Telecommunications AM2358 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature
- Friesen AM2685 adopted — **28–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Friesen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23** Provisions/portions of LB966 amended into LB994 by AM2685
- **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 with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2018-04-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-04-09** Friesen AM2799 adopted
- **2018-04-09** Enrollment and Review ER158 adopted
- **2018-04-05** Friesen AM2799 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-28** Enrollment and Review ER158 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Select File with ER158 `filing`
- **2018-03-27** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-03-27** Friesen AM2685 adopted
- **2018-03-27** Friesen AM2387 adopted
- **2018-03-27** Transportation and Telecommunications AM2358 adopted
- **2018-03-27** Friesen AM2685 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-14** Friesen AM2387 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-14** Transportation and Telecommunications AM2358 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on General File with AM2358 `filing`
- **2018-02-20** Transportation and Telecommunications priority bill
- **2018-02-02** Wayne name added
- **2018-01-26** Notice of hearing for February 05, 2018
- **2018-01-17** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Brewer 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/57da55d5-8623-46d9-a4ab-92b8b754d79e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).