---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require occupational boards to issue certain credentials based on credentials or work experience in another jurisdiction, provide and change requirements regarding applicants with a criminal conviction, provide for jurisprudential examinations and appeals, change requirements for membership of the State Electrical Board, and adopt the Interior Design Voluntary Registration Act"
description: "Require occupational boards to issue certain credentials based on credentials or work experience in another jurisdiction, provide and change requirements regarding applicants with a criminal conviction, provide for jurisprudential examinations and appeals, change requirements for membership of the State Electrical Board, and adopt the Interior Design Voluntary Registration Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 16"
citation: "Nebraska LB 16 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conrad"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d0d8992-dc28-4be3-b733-216a394876ec"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "75af7b9536b2ee24805f14322e0e9a364f2068886a38b65c068a9abed1d919a9"
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 16 (108) — Require occupational boards to issue certain credentials based on credentials or work experience in another jurisdiction, provide and change requirements regarding applicants with a criminal conviction, provide for jurisprudential examinations and appeals, change requirements for membership of the State Electrical Board, and adopt the Interior Design Voluntary Registration 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/108/PDF/Intro/LB16.pdf)
2. **Brewer AM2229** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2229.pdf)
3. **Conrad AM2102** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2102.pdf)
4. **Enrollment and Review ER43** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER43.pdf)
5. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB16.pdf)
6. **Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM748** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM748.pdf)
7. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB16.pdf)

## Votes

- Conrad AM2102 adopted — **39–1** (fail) · legislature
- Brewer AM2229 adopted — **34–1** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **41–1** (pass) · legislature
- Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM748 adopted — **38–1** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 42-1-6 — **42–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Conrad — primary (person)
- Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Dungan — cosponsor (person)
- Fredrickson — cosponsor (person)
- Holdcroft — cosponsor (person)
- Kauth — cosponsor (person)
- Lippincott — cosponsor (person)
- McDonnell — cosponsor (person)
- Murman — cosponsor (person)
- Sanders — cosponsor (person)
- Vargas — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-25** Provisions/portions of LB471 amended into LB16 by AM2229
- **2024-03-05** Approved by Governor on March 5, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-29** Wayne name added
- **2024-02-29** Wishart explanation of vote
- **2024-02-29** Presented to Governor on February 29, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-29** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Passed on Final Reading 42-1-6 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2024-02-05** Lippincott name added
- **2024-02-02** Enrollment and Review ST32 recorded
- **2024-02-02** Enrollment and Review ST32 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-02** Placed on Final Reading with ST32 `reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-01-30** Brewer AM2229 adopted
- **2024-01-30** Brewer AM2229 filed `filing`
- **2024-01-30** Enrollment and Review ER43 adopted
- **2024-01-26** Enrollment and Review ER43 filed `filing`
- **2024-01-26** Placed on Select File with ER43 `filing`
- **2024-01-23** Vargas name added
- **2024-01-23** Fredrickson name added
- **2024-01-22** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-01-22** Briese FA59 not considered
- **2024-01-22** Briese FA58 not considered
- **2024-01-22** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM748 adopted
- **2024-01-22** Conrad AM2102 adopted
- **2024-01-18** Conrad AM2102 to AM748 filed `filing`
- **2024-01-17** Kauth name added
- **2024-01-16** Dungan name added
- **2024-01-11** Holdcroft name added
- **2024-01-03** Conrad priority bill
- **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2023-04-18** Briese FA59 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-18** Briese FA58 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM748 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Placed on General File with AM748 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** McDonnell name added
- **2023-01-31** Notice of hearing for February 09, 2023
- **2023-01-30** Murman name added
- **2023-01-27** Sanders name added
- **2023-01-27** Brewer name added
- **2023-01-10** Conrad name added
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05** 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/5d0d8992-dc28-4be3-b733-216a394876ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).