---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for restoration of voting rights upon completion of a felony sentence or probation for a felony"
description: "Provide for restoration of voting rights upon completion of a felony sentence or probation for a felony"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 20"
citation: "Nebraska LB 20 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2024-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbf6eedd-e810-4380-b999-a3b30502815f"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "a30b93a83cbccfc7f5e55b2828fcb73878029fa7272938c2a26ec385a39b9c81"
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 20 (108) — Provide for restoration of voting rights upon completion of a felony sentence or probation for a felony

## 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/LB20.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB20.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB20.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **34–3** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 38-6-5 — **38–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)
- Blood — cosponsor (person)
- Bosn — cosponsor (person)
- Cavanaugh, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Day — cosponsor (person)
- Dungan — cosponsor (person)
- Fredrickson — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- McDonnell — cosponsor (person)
- Raybould — cosponsor (person)
- Vargas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-18** Certificate
- **2024-04-18** Message from Secretary of State
- **2024-04-18** Became law without Governor's signature on April 17, 2024 `became-law`
- **2024-04-18** Message from Governor
- **2024-04-11** Hunt explanation of vote
- **2024-04-11** Presented to Governor on April 11, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-11** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Passed on Final Reading 38-6-5 `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2024-04-11** Cavanaugh, M. FA366 withdrawn
- **2024-04-11** Cavanaugh, J. FA338 withdrawn
- **2024-04-11** Cavanaugh, M. MO1367 withdrawn
- **2024-04-09** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. MO1367 Recommit to the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee filed `filing`
- **2024-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. FA366 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-04-04** Dungan FA339 withdrawn
- **2024-04-04** Cavanaugh, J. FA337 withdrawn
- **2024-04-04** Dungan FA336 withdrawn
- **2024-04-03** Dungan FA339 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-03** Cavanaugh, J. FA338 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-03** Cavanaugh, J. FA337 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-03** Dungan FA336 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-28** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2024-03-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-02-20** Fredrickson name added
- **2024-02-12** Bosn name added
- **2024-01-26** Raybould priority bill
- **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2023-04-17** Vargas name added
- **2023-03-03** McDonnell name added
- **2023-03-03** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Notice of hearing for February 22, 2023
- **2023-01-23** Cavanaugh, J. name added
- **2023-01-12** Conrad name added
- **2023-01-12** Day name added
- **2023-01-12** Hunt name added
- **2023-01-12** Raybould name added
- **2023-01-12** Dungan name added
- **2023-01-11** Blood 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/cbf6eedd-e810-4380-b999-a3b30502815f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).