---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide requirements for sale of certain alcoholic beverages and change provisions relating to the Mechanical Amusement Device Tax Act"
description: "Provide requirements for sale of certain alcoholic beverages and change provisions relating to the Mechanical Amusement Device Tax Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 685"
citation: "Nebraska LB 685 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37b9efc8-680b-48ba-8f84-0bbc7f56d128"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "c3293dec5a427f482332a9ef793c97fd15fbc843c420d229cd2fc5b6a57934c9"
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 685 (108) — Provide requirements for sale of certain alcoholic beverages and change provisions relating to the Mechanical Amusement Device Tax 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/LB685.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER67** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER67.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB685.pdf)
4. **General Affairs AM2382** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2382.pdf)
5. **Lowe AM2753** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2753.pdf)
6. **Lowe FA250** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/FA250.pdf)
7. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB685.pdf)

## Votes

- Lowe FA250 adopted — **27–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **31–0** (pass) · legislature
- Lowe AM2753 adopted — **29–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- General Affairs AM2382 adopted — **33–1** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-25** Provisions/portions of LB836 amended into LB685 by AM2382
- **2024-04-18** DeKay explanation of vote
- **2024-04-18** Approved by Governor on April 15, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **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 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-03-07** Lowe AM2753 adopted
- **2024-03-07** Lowe FA250 adopted
- **2024-03-07** Lowe FA250 to AM2753 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-07** Enrollment and Review ER67 adopted
- **2024-03-04** Lowe AM2753 to AM2382 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-21** Enrollment and Review ER67 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Select File with ER67 `filing`
- **2024-02-12** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-02-12** Lowe AM2035 withdrawn
- **2024-02-12** General Affairs AM2382 adopted
- **2024-02-12** Briese AM242 not considered
- **2024-02-08** General Affairs AM2382 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-08** Placed on General File with AM2382 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** General Affairs priority bill
- **2024-01-11** Notice of hearing for January 22, 2024 on AM2035
- **2024-01-11** Lowe AM2035 filed `filing`
- **2024-01-05** Lowe name added
- **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2023-02-08** Briese AM242 filed `filing`
- **2023-02-03** Notice of hearing for February 13, 2023
- **2023-01-20** Referred to General Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** 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/37b9efc8-680b-48ba-8f84-0bbc7f56d128`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).