---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for the offense of assault by strangulation or suffocation"
description: "Provide for the offense of assault by strangulation or suffocation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 141"
citation: "Nebraska LB 141 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBoer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4d7a68b-c2e4-41c8-9fa5-e68e37185fff"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "d8d8560d43497aadf9f12253f118b379ff158270de03bdba3a30f6ad81333ff7"
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 141 (106) — Provide for the offense of assault by strangulation or suffocation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Intro/LB141.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB141.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB141.pdf)

## Votes

- Judiciary AM145 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Chambers FA19 adopted — **42–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DeBoer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-27** Approved by Governor on March 27, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-21** Presented to Governor on March 21, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-03-15** Enrollment and Review ER45 adopted
- **2019-03-07** Enrollment and Review ER45 filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Select File with ER45 `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-03-06** Chambers FA19 adopted
- **2019-03-06** Chambers FA19 filed `filing`
- **2019-03-06** Judiciary AM145 adopted
- **2019-02-19** Judiciary AM145 filed `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Placed on General File with AM145 `filing`
- **2019-01-18** Cavanaugh name withdrawn
- **2019-01-16** Notice of hearing for January 23, 2019
- **2019-01-15** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** 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/f4d7a68b-c2e4-41c8-9fa5-e68e37185fff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).