---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Pet Insurance Act, require use of National Provider Identifiers by health care providers, and change insurance reimbursement provisions for telehealth services"
description: "Adopt the Pet Insurance Act, require use of National Provider Identifiers by health care providers, and change insurance reimbursement provisions for telehealth services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 296"
citation: "Nebraska LB 296 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 66
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41915e84-25af-4d6a-83b7-bef20aae5410"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "e96b96d6acaede0c2375eacda1d7d947134e7e79825bb9cea210f03baf5d0343"
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 296 (108) — Adopt the Pet Insurance Act, require use of National Provider Identifiers by health care providers, and change insurance reimbursement provisions for telehealth services

## 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/LB296.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER1.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB296.pdf)
4. **Fredrickson AM1179** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1179.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB296.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- Fredrickson AM1179 adopted — **28–0** (fail) · legislature
- Hunt MO461 failed — **0–41** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ballard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB640 amended into LB296 by AM1179
- **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB256 amended into LB296 by AM1179
- **2023-04-25** Approved by Governor on April 21, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-19** Presented to Governor on April 19, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-18** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2023-04-18** Hunt MO465 withdrawn
- **2023-04-12** Enrollment and Review ST2 recorded
- **2023-04-12** Enrollment and Review ST2 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Final Reading with ST2 `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2023-04-04** Hunt MO464 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Hunt MO463 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Hunt MO459 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Hunt MO462 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Hunt AM1021 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Hunt AM1020 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. AM994 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. AM993 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. AM991 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. AM990 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. AM989 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. AM988 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. AM987 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. AM986 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. AM985 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. AM983 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. AM984 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. MO901 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Cavanaugh, M. MO901 Reconsider the vote taken on MO461 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Hunt MO460 withdrawn
- **2023-04-04** Hunt MO461 failed
- **2023-04-04** Fredrickson AM1179 adopted
- **2023-04-04** Fredrickson AM1179 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-04** Enrollment and Review ER1 adopted
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO464 Bracket until June 2, 2023 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO461 Bracket until June 1, 2023 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO465 Recommit to Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO463 Recommit to Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO460 Recommit to Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO462 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Hunt MO459 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6 Section 3(f) filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Hunt AM1021 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Hunt AM1020 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM994 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM993 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM991 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM990 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM989 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM988 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM987 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM986 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM985 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM983 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Cavanaugh, M. AM984 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-15** Speaker priority bill
- **2023-02-22** Enrollment and Review ER1 filed `filing`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on Select File with ER1 `filing`
- **2023-02-16** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2023-02-16** Cavanaugh, M. AM133 withdrawn
- **2023-01-27** Cavanaugh, M. AM133 filed `filing`
- **2023-01-25** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-13** Notice of hearing for January 24, 2023
- **2023-01-13** Referred to Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** 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/41915e84-25af-4d6a-83b7-bef20aae5410`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).