---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change load provisions and penalties for commercial motor vehicles and commercial trailers"
description: "Change load provisions and penalties for commercial motor vehicles and commercial trailers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 698"
citation: "Nebraska LB 698 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bostelman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc3cbb49-0974-4711-90af-ad472dafb3b6"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "bfa4bc8faacfae19a10a6ea36d497465bdb8c43b08ba6d395feafa13ba503938"
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 698 (106) — Change load provisions and penalties for commercial motor vehicles and commercial trailers

## 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/LB698.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB698.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB698.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 44-0-5 — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Transportation and Telecommunications AM554 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature
- Bostelman AM911 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- Bostelman AM1288 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bostelman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on May 01, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Wayne explanation of vote
- **2019-04-30** M. Hansen explanation of vote
- **2019-04-29** Presented to Governor on April 29, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-29** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 44-0-5 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Chambers FA60 withdrawn
- **2019-04-29** Chambers FA60 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-29** Motion to return to Select File withdrawn `filing`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-04-23** Bostelman AM1288 adopted
- **2019-04-18** Bostelman AM1288 filed `filing`
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2019-04-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-04-09** Bostelman AM911 adopted
- **2019-04-09** Transportation and Telecommunications AM554 adopted
- **2019-04-04** Bostelman AM911 filed `filing`
- **2019-03-15** Bostelman priority bill
- **2019-03-14** Transportation and Telecommunications AM554 filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Placed on General File with AM554 `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Notice of hearing for February 26, 2019
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications 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/cc3cbb49-0974-4711-90af-ad472dafb3b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).