---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to Class IV felonies, post-release supervision, competency to stand trial, restrictive housing, and the long-term restrictive housing work group, create a criminal offense relating to electronic communication devices in correctional facilities, change possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person provisions, and provide for deferred judgments by courts"
description: "Change provisions relating to Class IV felonies, post-release supervision, competency to stand trial, restrictive housing, and the long-term restrictive housing work group, create a criminal offense relating to electronic communication devices in correctional facilities, change possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person provisions, and provide for deferred judgments by courts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 686"
citation: "Nebraska LB 686 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lathrop"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1da9798e-948b-4c83-841e-9c873a7a2c7d"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "88314de030eb4a97dd0e69545a838de0720f644cf0932b8fcb15fbdf8742d6d4"
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 686 (106) — Change provisions relating to Class IV felonies, post-release supervision, competency to stand trial, restrictive housing, and the long-term restrictive housing work group, create a criminal offense relating to electronic communication devices in correctional facilities, change possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person provisions, and provide for deferred judgments by courts

## 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/LB686.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB686.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB686.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Judiciary AM1737 adopted — **42–0** (fail) · legislature
- Lathrop AM1902 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lathrop — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB739 amended into LB686 by AM1737
- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB684 amended into LB686 by AM1737
- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB262 amended into LB686 by AM1737
- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB240 amended into LB686 by AM1737
- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB233 amended into LB686 by AM1737
- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB91 amended into LB686 by AM1737
- **2019-05-31** Provisions/portions of LB90 amended into LB686 by AM1737
- **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 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2019-05-24** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Final Reading with ST30 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-05-21** Lathrop AM1902 adopted
- **2019-05-21** Lathrop AM1902 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-21** Enrollment and Review ER125 adopted
- **2019-05-16** Enrollment and Review ER125 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Select File with ER125 `filing`
- **2019-05-15** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-05-15** Friesen AM1859 withdrawn
- **2019-05-15** Friesen AM1859 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-15** Judiciary AM1737 adopted
- **2019-05-13** Judiciary AM1737 filed `filing`
- **2019-05-13** Placed on General File with AM1737 `filing`
- **2019-03-19** Judiciary priority bill
- **2019-02-11** Notice of hearing for March 27, 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/1da9798e-948b-4c83-841e-9c873a7a2c7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).