---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change death and disability-related prima facie evidence provisions relating to emergency responders"
description: "Change death and disability-related prima facie evidence provisions relating to emergency responders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 643"
citation: "Nebraska LB 643 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDonnell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2020-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d888dba-fae7-4136-baac-f7b5f3479776"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "576f6a10838dae8324a2c1ab80970f26e8dcb843e3bfb7b2f84af3606cb006b1"
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 643 (106) — Change death and disability-related prima facie evidence provisions relating to emergency responders

## 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/LB643.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB643.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB643.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **42–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McDonnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20** Approved by Governor on February 19, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-13** Presented to Governor on February 13, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-13** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2020-02-06** Kolterman FA94 withdrawn
- **2020-02-06** Kolterman FA94 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-06** Enrollment and Review ER162 adopted
- **2020-01-31** Blood name added
- **2020-01-31** Enrollment and Review ER162 filed `filing`
- **2020-01-31** Placed on Select File with ER162 `filing`
- **2020-01-30** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2020-01-08** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Hilkemann name added
- **2019-02-11** Notice of hearing for March 14, 2019
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** 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/9d888dba-fae7-4136-baac-f7b5f3479776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).