---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize the State Athletic Commissioner to regulate professional kickboxing and professional bare-knuckle boxing"
description: "Authorize the State Athletic Commissioner to regulate professional kickboxing and professional bare-knuckle boxing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 70"
citation: "Nebraska LB 70 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dec42784-807a-4ee2-95c9-99d98640c3bb"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "bbfcc6780091dda6e92685da4874cf0184c31bff2c4e9ddaac1ae21c70bd7c98"
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 70 (107) — Authorize the State Athletic Commissioner to regulate professional kickboxing and professional bare-knuckle boxing

## 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/LB70.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB70.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB70.pdf)

## Votes

- General Affairs AM276 adopted — **42–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 42-2-5 — **42–2** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-20** Approved by Governor on April 16, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-12** Presented to Governor on April 12, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-12** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed on Final Reading 42-2-5 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2021-03-29** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-03-29** Wayne AM15 withdrawn
- **2021-03-29** General Affairs AM276 adopted
- **2021-02-24** General Affairs AM276 filed `filing`
- **2021-02-24** Placed on General File with AM276 `filing`
- **2021-01-22** Wayne AM15 filed `filing`
- **2021-01-15** Notice of hearing for January 25, 2021
- **2021-01-11** Referred to General Affairs 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/dec42784-807a-4ee2-95c9-99d98640c3bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).