---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for a government Internet network use policy for the Legislature and create the Broadband Data Improvement Program"
description: "Provide for a government Internet network use policy for the Legislature and create the Broadband Data Improvement Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 996"
citation: "Nebraska LB 996 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18edf7e1-1e23-4539-9f69-bae6983c27b0"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2020"
source_hash: "02c768138ba25fd2feb79dbbdeb0236ed4fd9020b2f9c92073f7b87a9c7a770a"
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 996 (106) — Provide for a government Internet network use policy for the Legislature and create the Broadband Data Improvement 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/LB996.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB996.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB996.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Hilgers AM2792 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brandt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-27** Approved by Governor on July 24, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-21** Hilkemann explanation of vote
- **2020-07-21** Presented to Governor on July 21, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-21** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2020-07-21** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Final Reading with ST46 `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2020-03-06** Hilgers AM2792 adopted
- **2020-03-06** Hilgers AM2783 withdrawn
- **2020-03-05** Hilgers AM2792 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-05** Hilgers AM2783 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2020-02-18** Blood name added
- **2020-02-18** Hunt name added
- **2020-02-18** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2020-02-18** Hunt MO151 withdrawn
- **2020-02-18** Hunt MO151 Recommit to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee filed `filing`
- **2020-02-18** Pending
- **2020-02-13** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2020-02-12** Brandt priority bill
- **2020-01-23** Notice of hearing for February 03, 2020
- **2020-01-15** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** 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/18edf7e1-1e23-4539-9f69-bae6983c27b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).