---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act and change provisions relating to the industrial hemp agricultural pilot program"
description: "Adopt the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act and change provisions relating to the industrial hemp agricultural pilot program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 657"
citation: "Nebraska LB 657 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c215081-8b69-48f8-bb55-d89d41180220"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "5e85db9664b5ec7d67bc2fcd1964f9a3f805a9eed4f0af242f3210f59b2298c7"
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 657 (106) — Adopt the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act and change provisions relating to the industrial hemp agricultural pilot program

## 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/LB657.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB657.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB657.pdf)

## Votes

- Wayne AM1941 adopted — **44–2** (fail) · legislature
- Lowe FA46 lost — **10–27** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–4** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 43-4-2 — **43–4** (pass) · legislature
- Lowe AM1585 lost — **2–19** (fail) · legislature
- Lowe AM1583 lost — **1–23** (fail) · legislature
- Returned to Select File for specific amendment — **44–0** (fail) · legislature
- Agriculture AM988 adopted — **37–4** (fail) · legislature
- Wayne AM1541 adopted — **28–3** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31** Approved by Governor on May 30, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Presented to Governor on May 24, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 43-4-2 `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2019-05-24** Lowe FA89 withdrawn
- **2019-05-24** Lowe FA89 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-24** Motion to return to Select File withdrawn `filing`
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Final Reading Second `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Reengrossment
- **2019-05-22** Wayne AM1941 adopted
- **2019-05-22** Returned to Select File for specific amendment `filing`
- **2019-05-22** Wayne AM1913 withdrawn
- **2019-05-22** Wayne AM1860 withdrawn
- **2019-05-21** Wayne AM1941 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-21** Wayne AM1913 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-16** Wayne AM1860 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-07** Placed on Final Reading with ST19 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Lowe AM1583 lost
- **2019-05-02** Lowe AM1583 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-02** Lowe AM1585 lost
- **2019-05-02** Lowe AM1585 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-02** Wayne AM1541 adopted
- **2019-05-02** Enrollment and Review ER87 adopted
- **2019-05-01** Wayne AM1541 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-17** Enrollment and Review ER87 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on Select File with ER87 `filing`
- **2019-04-15** Hansen, M. name added
- **2019-04-15** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-04-15** Lowe MO63 withdrawn
- **2019-04-15** Lowe MO63 Recommit to the Agriculture Committee filed `filing`
- **2019-04-15** Lowe FA46 lost
- **2019-04-15** Lowe FA46 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-15** Lowe FA45 withdrawn
- **2019-04-15** Lowe FA45 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-15** Agriculture AM988 adopted
- **2019-04-02** Agriculture AM988 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on General File with AM988 `filing`
- **2019-03-26** Kolterman name added
- **2019-03-25** Brandt name added
- **2019-03-25** Murman name added
- **2019-03-19** Slama name added
- **2019-03-19** Brandt priority bill
- **2019-02-14** Hunt name added
- **2019-01-31** Notice of hearing for February 12, 2019
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Agriculture 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/4c215081-8b69-48f8-bb55-d89d41180220`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).