---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the COVID-19 Liability Act and the Health Care Crisis Protocol Act"
description: "Adopt the COVID-19 Liability Act and the Health Care Crisis Protocol Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 139"
citation: "Nebraska LB 139 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briese"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fed1ca6-2a47-48a7-a050-5ff6a8268411"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "81abea3664564f35d3245814ae5f665e1556285cfdb09a9659da08fa10fa7fde"
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 139 (107) — Adopt the COVID-19 Liability Act and the Health Care Crisis Protocol 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/107/PDF/Intro/LB139.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB139.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB139.pdf)

## Votes

- Cavanaugh, M. MO99 failed — **3–40** (fail) · legislature
- Judiciary AM1293 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 41-1-7 — **41–1** (pass) · legislature
- Lathrop AM1375 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **39–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Briese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-27** Provisions/portions of LB53 amended into LB139 by AM1293
- **2021-05-26** Approved by Governor on May 25, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Presented to Governor on May 20, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-20** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 41-1-7 `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Cavanaugh, M. MO100 withdrawn
- **2021-05-20** Cavanaugh, M. MO100 Recommit to the Judiciary Committee filed `filing`
- **2021-05-20** Cavanaugh, M. MO99 failed
- **2021-05-20** Cavanaugh, M. MO99 Bracket until May 26, 2021 filed `filing`
- **2021-05-20** Cavanaugh, M. MO94 withdrawn
- **2021-05-20** Cavanaugh, M. MO94 Bracket until May 21, 2021 filed `filing`
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-05-18** Enrollment and Review ER97 adopted
- **2021-05-18** Enrollment and Review ER97 filed `filing`
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Select File with ER97 `filing`
- **2021-05-11** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-05-11** Judiciary AM1293 adopted
- **2021-05-11** Chair ruled Hunt AM1372 is not germane
- **2021-05-11** Hunt AM1372 filed `filing`
- **2021-05-11** Lathrop AM1375 adopted
- **2021-05-11** Lathrop AM1375 filed `filing`
- **2021-05-10** Judiciary AM1293 filed `filing`
- **2021-05-10** Placed on General File with AM1293 `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Slama priority bill
- **2021-02-04** Notice of hearing for February 18, 2021
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-08** 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/2fed1ca6-2a47-48a7-a050-5ff6a8268411`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).