---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to state colleges and the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges and eliminate certain provisions relating to morals and prohibiting religious tests"
description: "Change provisions relating to state colleges and the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges and eliminate certain provisions relating to morals and prohibiting religious tests"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 887"
citation: "Nebraska LB 887 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slama"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/043ec0af-015a-4cfe-b42e-9c88e9ff83c0"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2022"
source_hash: "446a01233ad85f89b8a8df9a8f18f634af3f6fc6b9301ef1baa272daaf755a11"
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 887 (107) — Change provisions relating to state colleges and the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges and eliminate certain provisions relating to morals and prohibiting religious tests

## 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/LB887.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB887.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB887.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Slama — 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 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2022-04-12** Blood motion to overrule agenda withdrawn
- **2022-04-12** Blood motion to overrule agenda filed `filing`
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Final Reading with ST47 `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2022-03-08** Enrollment and Review ER121 adopted
- **2022-03-02** Enrollment and Review ER121 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Select File with ER121 `filing`
- **2022-03-01** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2022-02-23** Speaker priority bill
- **2022-02-15** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2022-02-01** Notice of hearing for February 14, 2022
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** 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/043ec0af-015a-4cfe-b42e-9c88e9ff83c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).