---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change and eliminate provisions under the Barber Act"
description: "Change and eliminate provisions under the Barber Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 705"
citation: "Nebraska LB 705 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/115d3fad-17df-4068-a2c7-2596304f2996"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2022"
source_hash: "4680bd48420e24dda26784f53651c72944db3840206bad4160690c5f5fb06a96"
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 705 (107) — Change and eliminate provisions under the Barber 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/LB705.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB705.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB705.pdf)

## Votes

- Health and Human Services AM1653 adopted — **41–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **43–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-20** Approved by Governor on April 18, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-12** Presented to Governor on April 12, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-12** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2022-03-31** Cavanaugh, M. FA89 withdrawn
- **2022-03-31** Enrollment and Review ER112 adopted
- **2022-03-10** Wayne name added
- **2022-03-10** Cavanaugh, M. FA89 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-02** Enrollment and Review ER112 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Select File with ER112 `filing`
- **2022-02-28** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2022-02-28** Health and Human Services AM1653 adopted
- **2022-02-01** Health and Human Services AM1653 filed `filing`
- **2022-02-01** Placed on General File with AM1653 `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/115d3fad-17df-4068-a2c7-2596304f2996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).