---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for Josh the Otter-Be Safe Around Water Plates and provide powers and duties for the Game and Parks Commission"
description: "Provide for Josh the Otter-Be Safe Around Water Plates and provide powers and duties for the Game and Parks Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 166"
citation: "Nebraska LB 166 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geist"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad3bafaa-004d-4636-a31a-bb54b8512018"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "b954ca7ee698247e4e21f291b674c6b261ef8f4b0bd0a1b28a745783a3e86d42"
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 166 (107) — Provide for Josh the Otter-Be Safe Around Water Plates and provide powers and duties for the Game and Parks Commission

## 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/LB166.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB166.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB166.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Transportation and Telecommunications AM389 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 41-0-8 — **41–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Geist — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-21** Approved by Governor on May 21, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Presented to Governor on May 19, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Passed on Final Reading 41-0-8 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-05-05** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2021-05-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-05-04** Transportation and Telecommunications AM389 adopted
- **2021-03-02** Transportation and Telecommunications AM389 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-02** Placed on General File with AM389 `filing`
- **2021-02-11** Notice of hearing for February 23, 2021
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications 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/ad3bafaa-004d-4636-a31a-bb54b8512018`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).