---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide an exemption from licensure under the Medicine and Surgery Practice Act, redefine ambulatory surgical center under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act, and redefine a term under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act"
description: "Provide an exemption from licensure under the Medicine and Surgery Practice Act, redefine ambulatory surgical center under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act, and redefine a term under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 783"
citation: "Nebraska LB 783 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2900835-e295-4d4e-a29a-466089f34901"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2020"
source_hash: "dc8251ced7211496f0bb8c0ccf9ba437e6eaaa832e28d9a65fb44cf6aae1b0b6"
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 783 (106) — Provide an exemption from licensure under the Medicine and Surgery Practice Act, redefine ambulatory surgical center under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act, and redefine a term under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act

## 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/LB783.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB783.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB783.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Health and Human Services AM2775 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **42–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-18** Provisions/portions of LB1104 amended into LB783 by AM2775
- **2020-08-18** Provisions/portions of LB838 amended into LB783 by AM2775
- **2020-08-11** Approved by Governor on August 10, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-05** Presented to Governor on August 04, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-04** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2020-08-04** Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2020-07-31** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2020-07-30** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2020-07-30** Enrollment and Review ER227 adopted
- **2020-07-27** Enrollment and Review ER227 filed `filing`
- **2020-07-27** Placed on Select File with ER227 `filing`
- **2020-07-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2020-07-23** Health and Human Services AM2775 adopted
- **2020-03-12** Health and Human Services AM2775 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-12** Placed on General File with AM2775 `filing`
- **2020-02-21** Lowe priority bill
- **2020-02-12** Notice of hearing for February 20, 2020
- **2020-01-10** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** 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/e2900835-e295-4d4e-a29a-466089f34901`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).