--- type: "Bill" title: "Change provisions relating to the administration of justice" description: "Change provisions relating to the administration of justice" jurisdiction: "us/states/ne" legislature: "Nebraska Legislature" session: "108" identifier: "LB 50" citation: "Nebraska LB 50 (108)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"] version_count: 8 action_count: 83 vote_count: 9 first_action: "2023-01-05" last_action: "2023-06-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd540b07-b2ea-4017-a16c-39d3b04b757f" source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023" source_hash: "c33320d6cb1991810614ce360acf4da3ff7e5590dfbe7c8de73cf2397d7b04c6" 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 50 (108) — Change provisions relating to the administration of justice ## 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/LB50.pdf) 2. **Enrollment and Review ER35** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER35.pdf) 3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB50.pdf) 4. **Ibach AM1980** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1980.pdf) 5. **Judiciary AM1436** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1436.pdf) 6. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB50.pdf) 7. **Wayne AM1796** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1796.pdf) 8. **Wayne AM1979** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1979.pdf) ## Votes - Wayne MO1147 prevailed — **35–9** (fail) · legislature - Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **30–7** (pass) · legislature - Ibach AM1980 adopted — **37–6** (fail) · legislature - Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **28–8** (pass) · legislature - Halloran MO1146 failed — **6–32** (fail) · legislature - Judiciary AM1436 adopted — **27–9** (fail) · legislature - Wayne AM1796 adopted — **27–5** (fail) · legislature - Passed on Final Reading 34-15-0 — **34–15** (pass) · legislature - Wayne AM1979 adopted — **34–6** (fail) · legislature ## Sponsors - Wayne — primary (person) - DeKay — cosponsor (person) - Holdcroft — cosponsor (person) - Ibach — cosponsor (person) - Wayne — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB521 amended into LB50 by AM1980 - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB494 amended into LB50 by AM1796 - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB352 amended into LB50 by AM1436 - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB337 amended into LB50 by AM1796 - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB314 amended into LB50 by AM1796 - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB265 amended into LB50 by AM1980 - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB220 amended into LB50 by AM1980 - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB76 amended into LB50 by AM1796 - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB59 amended into LB50 by AM1796 - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB30 amended into LB50 by AM1796 - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB27 amended into LB50 by AM1796 - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB18 amended into LB50 by AM1436 - **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB14 amended into LB50 by AM1980 - **2023-06-06** Approved by Governor on June 6, 2023 `executive-signature` - **2023-06-01** Presented to Governor on June 1, 2023 `executive-receipt` - **2023-06-01** President/Speaker signed `passage` - **2023-06-01** Passed on Final Reading 34-15-0 `passage` - **2023-06-01** Dispensing of reading at large approved - **2023-06-01** Failed to return to Select File for specific amendment `filing` - **2023-06-01** Motion to return to Select File for specific amendment pending `filing` - **2023-06-01** FA200 pending - **2023-06-01** Hunt MO214 withdrawn - **2023-05-30** Clements FA200 filed `filing` - **2023-05-30** Enrollment and Review ST23 recorded - **2023-05-30** Enrollment and Review ST23 filed `filing` - **2023-05-30** Placed on Final Reading with ST23 `reading-3` - **2023-05-24** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment - **2023-05-24** Wayne MO1147 prevailed - **2023-05-24** Wayne MO1147 Invoke cloture pursuant to Rule 7, Sec. 10 filed `filing` - **2023-05-24** Blood AM1923 withdrawn - **2023-05-24** Enrollment and Review ER35 adopted - **2023-05-24** Halloran AM1986 withdrawn - **2023-05-24** Cavanaugh, J. AM1955 withdrawn - **2023-05-24** Cavanaugh, J. AM1955 filed `filing` - **2023-05-24** Ibach AM1980 adopted - **2023-05-24** Ibach AM1980 filed `filing` - **2023-05-24** Wayne AM1979 adopted - **2023-05-24** Wayne AM1979 filed `filing` - **2023-05-24** DeBoer AM1958 withdrawn - **2023-05-24** DeBoer AM1958 filed `filing` - **2023-05-24** Halloran FA188 withdrawn - **2023-05-24** Halloran MO1146 failed - **2023-05-24** Halloran MO1146 Withdraw FA188 and substitute with AM1986 filed `filing` - **2023-05-24** Halloran AM1986 filed `filing` - **2023-05-24** Halloran FA188 filed `filing` - **2023-05-24** Halloran MO1140 withdrawn - **2023-05-24** Halloran MO1139 withdrawn - **2023-05-24** Halloran MO1138 withdrawn - **2023-05-24** Hunt MO211 withdrawn - **2023-05-24** Hunt MO212 withdrawn - **2023-05-24** Hunt MO213 withdrawn - **2023-05-23** Enrollment and Review ER35 filed `filing` - **2023-05-23** Placed on Select File with ER35 `filing` - **2023-05-23** Halloran MO1140 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing` - **2023-05-23** Halloran MO1139 Recommit to the Judiciary Committee filed `filing` - **2023-05-23** Halloran MO1138 Bracket until June 9, 2023 filed `filing` - **2023-05-23** Blood AM1923 filed `filing` - **2023-05-22** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial - **2023-05-22** Judiciary AM1436 adopted - **2023-05-22** Ibach AM1610 withdrawn - **2023-05-22** Wayne AM1796 adopted - **2023-05-22** Wayne AM1796 filed `filing` - **2023-05-22** Hunt MO209 withdrawn - **2023-05-22** Hunt MO210 withdrawn - **2023-05-22** Hunt MO208 withdrawn - **2023-05-04** Ibach AM1610 filed `filing` - **2023-04-26** Judiciary AM1436 filed `filing` - **2023-04-26** Placed on General File with AM1436 `committee-passage` - **2023-04-05** Ibach name added - **2023-04-05** DeKay name added - **2023-04-05** Holdcroft name added - **2023-04-05** Wayne name added - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO213 Bracket until June 2, 2023 filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO210 Bracket until June 1, 2023 filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO214 Recommit to Judiciary Committee filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO212 Recommit to Judiciary Committee filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO209 Recommit to Judiciary Committee filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO211 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO208 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6 Section 3(f) filed `filing` - **2023-03-14** Judiciary priority bill - **2023-01-25** Notice of hearing for February 01, 2023 - **2023-01-09** Referred to Judiciary 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/bd540b07-b2ea-4017-a16c-39d3b04b757f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).