---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Nebraska Broadband Bridge Act"
description: "Adopt the Nebraska Broadband Bridge Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 388"
citation: "Nebraska LB 388 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friesen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01072bd0-c8d2-4d85-b312-0b045bb84860"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "2f05491a84fae7d3242a32a8ebb6779abd37a498b94602ef174b60654f962460"
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 388 (107) — Adopt the Nebraska Broadband Bridge 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/LB388.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB388.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB388.pdf)

## Votes

- Transportation and Telecommunications AM530 adopted — **43–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Friesen AM1168 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Wayne AM1118 lost — **20–24** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Wayne AM1197 lost — **17–26** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Friesen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-27** Provisions/portions of LB604 amended into LB388 by AM530
- **2021-05-27** Provisions/portions of LB456 amended into LB388 by AM530
- **2021-05-26** Approved by Governor on May 26, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** 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 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-05-12** Wayne AM1197 lost
- **2021-05-12** Wayne FA36 withdrawn
- **2021-05-12** Enrollment and Review ER77 adopted
- **2021-04-29** Wayne AM1197 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-28** Enrollment and Review ER77 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Select File with ER77 `filing`
- **2021-04-27** Wayne FA36 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-27** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-04-27** Transportation and Telecommunications AM530 adopted
- **2021-04-27** Friesen AM1168 adopted
- **2021-04-27** Friesen AM1168 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-27** Flood AM1117 withdrawn
- **2021-04-27** Wayne AM1118 lost
- **2021-04-27** Chair ruled the adoption of AM1118 would require 30 votes
- **2021-04-27** Wayne AM1118 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-27** Wayne AM850 withdrawn
- **2021-04-26** Flood AM1117 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-22** Wayne AM850 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-08** Hansen, B. name added
- **2021-03-30** Albrecht name added
- **2021-03-11** Transportation and Telecommunications AM530 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Placed on General File with AM530 `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Hilgers priority bill
- **2021-02-03** Briese name added
- **2021-01-29** Notice of hearing for February 08, 2021
- **2021-01-21** Brandt name added
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Brewer name added
- **2021-01-15** Sanders name added
- **2021-01-14** 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/01072bd0-c8d2-4d85-b312-0b045bb84860`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).