---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit evidence of a minor's consent in any civil proceeding involving certain alleged sex offenses"
description: "Prohibit evidence of a minor's consent in any civil proceeding involving certain alleged sex offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 478"
citation: "Nebraska LB 478 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e65b7ae7-d2e5-4eb4-b096-194af8bdb2de"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "7d162869ca060db3963a70174f77fc1e73dde81877fa998324a727469f929a62"
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 478 (106) — Prohibit evidence of a minor's consent in any civil proceeding involving certain alleged sex offenses

## 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/LB478.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB478.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB478.pdf)

## Votes

- Judiciary AM1216 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Vargas AM1507 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-21** Approved by Governor on May 17, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Presented to Governor on May 13, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-05-13** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Vargas AM1507 adopted
- **2019-05-02** Enrollment and Review ER94 adopted
- **2019-05-01** Vargas AM1507 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-30** Enrollment and Review ER94 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Select File with ER94 `filing`
- **2019-04-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-04-23** Judiciary AM1216 adopted
- **2019-04-15** Judiciary AM1216 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General File with AM1216 `filing`
- **2019-03-20** Speaker priority bill
- **2019-02-11** Notice of hearing for March 13, 2019
- **2019-01-23** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** 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/e65b7ae7-d2e5-4eb4-b096-194af8bdb2de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).