--- type: "Bill" title: "Change provisions relating to regulation of dark fiber" description: "Change provisions relating to regulation of dark fiber" jurisdiction: "us/states/ne" legislature: "Nebraska Legislature" session: "108" identifier: "LB 61" citation: "Nebraska LB 61 (108)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Brandt"] version_count: 7 action_count: 67 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-01-05" last_action: "2024-03-18" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/844994c3-7539-4674-ac68-a34e898b3c95" source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023" source_hash: "ddb3c6e76951d1a057df3120215864468d99b89c156a6f64448763d3a4d3d6c2" 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 61 (108) — Change provisions relating to regulation of dark fiber ## 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/LB61.pdf) 2. **Bostelman FA233** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/FA233.pdf) 3. **Brandt AM2296** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2296.pdf) 4. **DeBoer AM2531** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2531.pdf) 5. **Enrollment and Review ER70** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER70.pdf) 6. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB61.pdf) 7. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB61.pdf) ## Votes - Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature - Bostelman FA233 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature - Brandt AM2296 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature - DeBoer AM2531 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature - Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **34–2** (pass) · legislature ## Sponsors - Brandt — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-03-18** Approved by Governor on March 18, 2024 `executive-signature` - **2024-03-18** Presented to Governor on March 15, 2024 `executive-receipt` - **2024-03-15** President/Speaker signed `passage` - **2024-03-15** Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 `passage` - **2024-03-15** Dispensing of reading at large approved - **2024-03-12** Enrollment and Review ST41 recorded - **2024-03-12** Enrollment and Review ST41 filed `filing` - **2024-03-12** Placed on Final Reading with ST41 `reading-3` - **2024-03-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment - **2024-03-04** Bostelman FA233 adopted - **2024-03-04** Brandt FA30 withdrawn - **2024-03-04** Enrollment and Review ER70 adopted - **2024-02-29** Bostelman FA233 filed `filing` - **2024-02-27** Enrollment and Review ER70 filed `filing` - **2024-02-15** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial - **2024-02-15** Brandt FA29 withdrawn - **2024-02-15** Bostelman AM2068 withdrawn - **2024-02-15** DeBoer FA213 withdrawn - **2024-02-15** Brandt AM2296 adopted - **2024-02-15** DeBoer AM2531 adopted - **2024-02-15** DeBoer AM2531 to AM2296 filed `filing` - **2024-02-15** Bostelman FA215 withdrawn - **2024-02-15** DeBoer AM2471 withdrawn - **2024-02-13** Bostelman FA215 filed `filing` - **2024-02-13** DeBoer AM2471 pending - **2024-02-13** DeBoer AM2471 to AM2296 filed `filing` - **2024-02-13** Brandt AM2296 pending - **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO221 withdrawn - **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO220 withdrawn - **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO219 withdrawn - **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO218 withdrawn - **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO217 withdrawn - **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO216 withdrawn - **2024-02-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO215 withdrawn - **2024-02-13** Geist AM781 not considered - **2024-02-13** Geist AM892 not considered - **2024-02-13** Geist AM894 not considered - **2024-02-13** Geist AM895 not considered - **2024-02-13** Geist AM896 not considered - **2024-02-13** Geist AM893 not considered - **2024-02-13** Geist AM905 not considered - **2024-02-08** DeBoer FA213 filed `filing` - **2024-02-01** Brandt AM2296 filed `filing` - **2024-01-09** Bostelman AM2068 filed `filing` - **2024-01-03** Brandt priority bill - **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill - **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO220 Bracket until June 2, 2023 filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO217 Bracket until June 1, 2023 filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO221 Recommit to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO219 Recommit to Judiciary Committee filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO216 Recommit to Judiciary Committee filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO218 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO215 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6 Section 3(f) filed `filing` - **2023-03-23** Geist AM781 filed `filing` - **2023-03-23** Geist AM892 filed `filing` - **2023-03-23** Geist AM894 filed `filing` - **2023-03-23** Geist AM895 filed `filing` - **2023-03-23** Geist AM896 filed `filing` - **2023-03-23** Geist AM893 filed `filing` - **2023-03-23** Geist AM905 filed `filing` - **2023-03-22** Placed on General File `committee-passage` - **2023-03-15** Brandt FA30 filed `filing` - **2023-03-15** Brandt FA29 filed `filing` - **2023-03-14** Brandt priority bill - **2023-01-30** Notice of hearing for February 21, 2023 - **2023-01-09** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications 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/844994c3-7539-4674-ac68-a34e898b3c95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).