---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to qualifications, training, certification, accreditation, powers, and duties of certain law enforcement personnel"
description: "Change provisions relating to qualifications, training, certification, accreditation, powers, and duties of certain law enforcement personnel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 51"
citation: "Nebraska LB 51 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lathrop"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4b21dee-a732-4d70-992d-73cd7e762d62"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "adf67c0021c73926bc840d5ff551fad14a746faf6d01c57c95ac6c17f7f5bf18"
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 51 (107) — Change provisions relating to qualifications, training, certification, accreditation, powers, and duties of certain law enforcement personnel

## 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/LB51.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB51.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB51.pdf)

## Votes

- Brewer AM1249 adopted — **27–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 41-1-7 — **41–1** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Judiciary AM745 adopted — **41–0** (fail) · legislature
- Flood AM872 adopted — **37–0** (fail) · legislature
- Brewer AM1292 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lathrop — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-27** Provisions/portions of LB601 amended into LB51 by AM745
- **2021-05-26** Approved by Governor on May 25, 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 41-1-7 `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Final Reading with ST21 `reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-05-10** Brewer AM1292 adopted
- **2021-05-10** Brewer AM1249 adopted
- **2021-05-10** Enrollment and Review ER67 adopted
- **2021-05-06** Brewer AM1292 filed `filing`
- **2021-05-05** Brewer AM1249 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-26** Enrollment and Review ER67 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Select File with ER67 `filing`
- **2021-04-23** McCollister name added
- **2021-04-21** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-04-21** Judiciary AM745 adopted
- **2021-04-21** Flood AM872 adopted
- **2021-04-21** Hunt MO40 withdrawn
- **2021-04-21** Hunt MO40 Bracket bill until May 1, 2021 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-09** DeBoer name added
- **2021-04-06** Flood AM872 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-31** Judiciary AM745 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on General File with AM745 `filing`
- **2021-03-12** Judiciary priority bill
- **2021-02-04** Pansing Brooks name added
- **2021-01-26** Notice of hearing for February 03, 2021
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07** 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/b4b21dee-a732-4d70-992d-73cd7e762d62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).