---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change abandoned motor vehicle provisions"
description: "Change abandoned motor vehicle provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 616"
citation: "Nebraska LB 616 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03542a35-9a91-47fe-81fd-dc8fba20a9f4"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "0c0f94ac4c8eaba051b83a916c8486e09398f16b810aa78d1048a610e390fc17"
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 616 (107) — Change abandoned motor vehicle provisions

## 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/LB616.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB616.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB616.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 45-0-4 — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Hughes AM951 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Transportation and Telecommunications AM107 adopted — **45–0** (fail) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. MO25 failed — **0–42** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-05** Approved by Governor on May 5, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Presented to Governor on April 29, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Passed on Final Reading 45-0-4 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-04-20** Hughes AM951 adopted
- **2021-04-20** Enrollment and Review ER58 adopted
- **2021-04-14** Hughes AM951 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-13** Enrollment and Review ER58 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Select File with ER58 `filing`
- **2021-04-12** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-04-12** Transportation and Telecommunications AM107 adopted
- **2021-04-12** Cavanaugh, M. MO25 failed
- **2021-04-12** Cavanaugh, M. MO25 Bracket until May 4, 2021 filed `filing`
- **2021-02-17** Transportation and Telecommunications AM107 filed `filing`
- **2021-02-17** Placed on General File with AM107 `filing`
- **2021-01-25** Notice of hearing for February 02, 2021
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** 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/03542a35-9a91-47fe-81fd-dc8fba20a9f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).