---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to a certificate of convenience and necessity for a telecommunications company"
description: "Change provisions relating to a certificate of convenience and necessity for a telecommunications company"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 268"
citation: "Nebraska LB 268 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friesen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a57904f5-fc75-4510-883d-9a4049daf42c"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "7225e6c23b963a935f098149f45a2e4a9a94dc64ae3882ff79fe5d647a3e27fa"
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 268 (106) — Change provisions relating to a certificate of convenience and necessity for a telecommunications company

## 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/LB268.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB268.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB268.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Friesen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-24** Approved by Governor on April 24, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-18** Presented to Governor on April 18, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-04-08** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2019-04-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-04-04** Pending
- **2019-03-20** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Hughes priority bill
- **2019-01-30** Notice of hearing for February 19, 2019
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** 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/a57904f5-fc75-4510-883d-9a4049daf42c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).