---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change public meeting provisions and provide for virtual conferencing under the Open Meetings Act"
description: "Change public meeting provisions and provide for virtual conferencing under the Open Meetings Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 83"
citation: "Nebraska LB 83 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec6c9505-b574-4137-8084-3b9f250c36c9"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "de07b5d18e4b53d7b88052d98c01ec5290f867bc41f1b328dbed76ef85c9ad9d"
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 83 (107) — Change public meeting provisions and provide for virtual conferencing under the Open Meetings 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/LB83.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB83.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB83.pdf)

## Votes

- Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM127 adopted — **48–0** (fail) · legislature
- Flood AM750 adopted — **41–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 43-0-6 — **43–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Flood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor on April 21, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20** Day explanation of vote
- **2021-04-20** Blood explanation of vote
- **2021-04-15** Presented to Governor on April 15, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 43-0-6 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Final Reading with ST7 `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-04-06** Flood AM750 adopted
- **2021-04-06** Enrollment and Review ER23 adopted
- **2021-03-23** Flood AM750 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-17** Enrollment and Review ER23 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Select File with ER23 `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-03-15** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM127 adopted
- **2021-03-10** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs priority bill
- **2021-02-16** Hansen, M. name added
- **2021-02-16** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM127 filed `filing`
- **2021-02-16** Placed on General File with AM127 `filing`
- **2021-02-01** Cavanaugh, M. name added
- **2021-01-19** Brandt name added
- **2021-01-19** Notice of hearing for January 27, 2021
- **2021-01-15** Hunt name added
- **2021-01-15** Blood name added
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Government, Military and Veterans 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/ec6c9505-b574-4137-8084-3b9f250c36c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).