---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers and change provisions relating to transportation"
description: "Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers and change provisions relating to transportation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 138"
citation: "Nebraska LB 138 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bosn"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 78
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ac934bf-b8b3-4e15-8d29-10575ab155e8"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "c45cc89a94fc767ed09174a67a524f5fad00940784ef5d26fd05b2fcee405533"
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 138 (108) — Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers and change provisions relating to transportation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Intro/LB138.pdf)
2. **Brewer AM837** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM837.pdf)
3. **DeBoer AM1218** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1218.pdf)
4. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB138.pdf)
5. **Hansen, B. AM1975** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1975.pdf)
6. **Moser AM1138** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1138.pdf)
7. **Raybould AM1207** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1207.pdf)
8. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB138.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Moser AM1138 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Brewer AM837 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **34–4** (pass) · legislature
- Hansen, B. AM1975 adopted — **30–5** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 41-0-8 — **41–0** (pass) · legislature
- Raybould AM1207 adopted — **30–1** (fail) · legislature
- DeBoer AM1218 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bosn — primary (person)
- Bosn — cosponsor (person)
- Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- DeKay — cosponsor (person)
- Raybould — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB796 amended into LB138 by AM1218
- **2023-06-21** Provisions/portions of LB738 amended into LB138 by AM1207
- **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB465 amended into LB138 by AM1138
- **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB453 amended into LB138 by AM1218
- **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB199 amended into LB138 by AM837
- **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB91 amended into LB138 by AM1975
- **2023-06-01** Approved by Governor on June 1, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-31** Presented to Governor on May 31, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-31** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2023-05-31** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 41-0-8 `passage`
- **2023-05-31** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2023-05-25** Enrollment and Review ST25 recorded
- **2023-05-25** Enrollment and Review ST25 filed `filing`
- **2023-05-25** Placed on Final Reading Second with ST25 `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Reengrossment
- **2023-05-24** Hansen, B. AM1975 adopted
- **2023-05-24** Hansen, B. AM1975 filed `filing`
- **2023-05-24** Slama MO1102 withdrawn
- **2023-05-24** Slama MO1101 withdrawn
- **2023-05-24** Slama MO1100 withdrawn
- **2023-05-24** Slama MO1099 withdrawn
- **2023-05-24** Slama MO1098 withdrawn
- **2023-05-24** Slama MO1097 withdrawn
- **2023-05-24** Slama MO1096 withdrawn
- **2023-05-24** Hunt MO320 withdrawn
- **2023-05-18** Slama MO1102 Bracket until June 10, 2023 filed `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Slama MO1101 Bracket until June 10, 2023 filed `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Slama MO1100 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Slama MO1099 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Slama MO1098 Recommit to the Government, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee filed `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Slama MO1097 Recommit to the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee filed `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Slama MO1096 Recommit to the Government, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee filed `filing`
- **2023-04-13** DeKay name added
- **2023-04-13** Enrollment and Review ST4 recorded
- **2023-04-13** Enrollment and Review ST4 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Final Reading with ST4 `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Bosn name added
- **2023-04-05** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2023-04-05** Cavanaugh, M. AM1001 withdrawn
- **2023-04-05** Cavanaugh, M. AM1000 withdrawn
- **2023-04-05** Cavanaugh, M. AM999 withdrawn
- **2023-04-05** Cavanaugh, M. AM1003 withdrawn
- **2023-04-05** DeBoer AM1218 adopted
- **2023-04-05** DeBoer AM1218 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-05** Raybould AM1207 adopted
- **2023-04-05** Raybould AM1207 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-05** Moser AM1138 adopted
- **2023-04-05** Moser AM1138 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-05** Brewer AM837 adopted
- **2023-04-05** Brewer AM585 withdrawn
- **2023-04-05** Hunt MO319 withdrawn
- **2023-04-05** Hunt MO318 withdrawn
- **2023-04-05** Hunt MO317 withdrawn
- **2023-04-05** Hunt MO316 withdrawn
- **2023-04-05** Hunt MO315 withdrawn
- **2023-04-05** Hunt MO314 withdrawn
- **2023-04-03** Brewer name added
- **2023-04-03** Raybould name added
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO319 Bracket until June 2, 2023 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO316 Bracket until June 1, 2023 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO320 Recommit to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO318 Recommit to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO315 Recommit to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO317 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO314 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6 Section 3(f) filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM1001 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM1000 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM999 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM1003 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-15** Brewer AM837 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-15** Speaker priority bill
- **2023-02-28** Brewer AM585 filed `filing`
- **2023-02-24** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2023-02-21** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2023-02-03** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-13** Notice of hearing for January 30, 2023
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06** 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/8ac934bf-b8b3-4e15-8d29-10575ab155e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).