---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change education requirements for licensure under the Funeral Directing and Embalming Practice Act and eliminate certain provisions regarding caskets"
description: "Change education requirements for licensure under the Funeral Directing and Embalming Practice Act and eliminate certain provisions regarding caskets"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 704"
citation: "Nebraska LB 704 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8391db18-a28a-4c2c-9079-5deaef5a69d4"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2022"
source_hash: "bb7f3f9992d09ca806edccd999ae8c13ec929631e35cae74ae9abac65521ca41"
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 704 (107) — Change education requirements for licensure under the Funeral Directing and Embalming Practice Act and eliminate certain provisions regarding caskets

## 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/LB704.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB704.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB704.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **41–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 43-0-6 — **43–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-14** Approved by Governor on March 14, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-10** Wayne name added
- **2022-03-09** DeBoer explanation of vote
- **2022-03-08** Presented to Governor on March 8, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-08** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Passed on Final Reading 43-0-6 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2022-02-28** Enrollment and Review ER106 adopted
- **2022-02-16** Enrollment and Review ER106 filed `filing`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Select File with ER106 `filing`
- **2022-02-14** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2022-02-01** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2022-01-13** Notice of hearing for January 21, 2022
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** 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/8391db18-a28a-4c2c-9079-5deaef5a69d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).