--- type: "Bill" title: "Change provisions relating to early childhood education, parental involvement in and access to learning materials in schools, and the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and provide a process for repeating a grade upon request" description: "Change provisions relating to early childhood education, parental involvement in and access to learning materials in schools, and the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and provide a process for repeating a grade upon request" jurisdiction: "us/states/ne" legislature: "Nebraska Legislature" session: "108" identifier: "LB 71" citation: "Nebraska LB 71 (108)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Sanders"] version_count: 8 action_count: 63 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2023-01-05" last_action: "2024-04-25" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/317ecd36-5035-480d-b2cd-b126aaf6fc21" source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023" source_hash: "ec0ef1a9568ef559906bdc3c93f851a22d27a21b38f9ba73668ea8bbbdcf0c89" 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 71 (108) — Change provisions relating to early childhood education, parental involvement in and access to learning materials in schools, and the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and provide a process for repeating a grade upon request ## 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/LB71.pdf) 2. **Conrad AM2589** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2589.pdf) 3. **Education AM833** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM833.pdf) 4. **Enrollment and Review ER112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER112.pdf) 5. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB71.pdf) 6. **Hardin AM3312** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM3312.pdf) 7. **Sanders AM3284** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM3284.pdf) 8. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB71.pdf) ## Votes - Sanders AM3284 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature - Education AM833 adopted — **44–0** (fail) · legislature - Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **43–0** (pass) · legislature - Conrad AM2589 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature - Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature - Hardin AM3312 adopted — **33–0** (fail) · legislature ## Sponsors - Sanders — primary (person) - Ballard — cosponsor (person) - Dover — cosponsor (person) - Lippincott — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-04-25** Provisions/portions of LB1201 amended into LB71 by AM3312 - **2024-04-25** Provisions/portions of LB1193 amended into LB71 by AM2589 - **2024-04-18** DeKay explanation of vote - **2024-04-18** Approved by Governor on April 15, 2024 `executive-signature` - **2024-04-11** Ballard name added - **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 - **2024-04-09** Enrollment and Review ST65 recorded - **2024-04-09** Enrollment and Review ST65 filed `filing` - **2024-04-09** Placed on Final Reading with ST65 `reading-3` - **2024-04-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment - **2024-04-04** Hardin AM3312 adopted - **2024-04-04** Hardin AM3312 to AM833 filed `filing` - **2024-04-04** Sanders AM3284 adopted - **2024-04-04** Hunt MO235 withdrawn - **2024-04-04** Hunt MO234 withdrawn - **2024-04-04** Hunt MO233 withdrawn - **2024-04-04** Hunt MO232 withdrawn - **2024-04-04** Enrollment and Review ER112 adopted - **2024-04-02** Sanders AM3284 to AM833 filed `filing` - **2024-03-28** Enrollment and Review ER112 filed `filing` - **2024-03-28** Placed on Select File with ER112 `filing` - **2024-03-21** Dover name added - **2024-03-21** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial - **2024-03-21** Murman AM257 withdrawn - **2024-03-21** Murman AM256 withdrawn - **2024-03-21** Murman AM255 withdrawn - **2024-03-21** Murman AM254 withdrawn - **2024-03-21** Murman AM253 withdrawn - **2024-03-21** Murman AM252 withdrawn - **2024-03-21** Education AM833 adopted - **2024-03-21** Murman AM3020 withdrawn - **2024-03-21** Murman AM3020 to AM833 filed `filing` - **2024-03-21** Conrad AM2589 adopted - **2024-03-21** Hunt MO231 withdrawn - **2024-03-21** Hunt MO230 withdrawn - **2024-03-21** Hunt MO229 withdrawn - **2024-03-20** Passed over `passage` - **2024-02-21** Conrad AM2589 to AM833 filed `filing` - **2024-02-15** Meyer priority bill - **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO234 Bracket until June 2, 2023 filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO231 Bracket until June 1, 2023 filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO235 Recommit to Education Committee filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO233 Recommit to Education Committee filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO230 Recommit to Education Committee filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO232 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing` - **2023-03-30** Hunt MO229 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6 Section 3(f) filed `filing` - **2023-03-21** Education AM833 filed `filing` - **2023-03-21** Placed on General File with AM833 `committee-passage` - **2023-03-13** Lippincott priority bill - **2023-02-07** Murman AM257 filed `filing` - **2023-02-07** Murman AM256 filed `filing` - **2023-02-07** Murman AM255 filed `filing` - **2023-02-07** Murman AM254 filed `filing` - **2023-02-07** Murman AM253 filed `filing` - **2023-02-07** Murman AM252 filed `filing` - **2023-02-02** Lippincott name added - **2023-01-23** Notice of hearing for January 31, 2023 - **2023-01-09** Referred to Education 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/317ecd36-5035-480d-b2cd-b126aaf6fc21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).