---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to election, appointment, qualifications, and training of county sheriffs"
description: "Change provisions relating to election, appointment, qualifications, and training of county sheriffs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 894"
citation: "Nebraska LB 894 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ibach"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41f4b0e4-50ef-45bb-9479-0f3896ffdc48"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2024"
source_hash: "5da3ac993450af3c8a038330a5adf82c6383f15f83320306286277bf1851ff4b"
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 894 (108) — Change provisions relating to election, appointment, qualifications, and training of county sheriffs

## 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/LB894.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER83** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER83.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB894.pdf)
4. **Ibach AM2927** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2927.pdf)
5. **Judiciary AM2370** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2370.pdf)
6. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB894.pdf)
7. **Wayne AM2764** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2764.pdf)

## Votes

- McKinney FA232 lost — **10–19** (fail) · legislature
- Judiciary AM2370 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Ibach AM2927 adopted — **25–11** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 44-0-5 — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **42–2** (pass) · legislature
- Wayne AM2764 adopted — **36–8** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ibach — primary (person)
- Cavanaugh, M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor on April 2, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Presented to Governor on March 28, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Passed on Final Reading 44-0-5 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Enrollment and Review ST52 recorded
- **2024-03-25** Enrollment and Review ST52 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-25** Placed on Final Reading with ST52 `reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-03-18** Ibach AM2927 adopted
- **2024-03-18** Enrollment and Review ER83 adopted
- **2024-03-12** Ibach AM2927 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-12** Enrollment and Review ER83 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-12** Placed on Select File with ER83 `filing`
- **2024-03-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-03-04** Judiciary AM2370 adopted
- **2024-03-04** Wayne AM2764 adopted
- **2024-03-04** McKinney FA232 lost
- **2024-02-29** Wayne AM2764 to AM2370 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-29** McKinney FA232 pending
- **2024-02-29** McKinney FA232 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-20** Speaker priority bill
- **2024-02-20** Judiciary AM2370 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-20** Placed on General File with AM2370 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Notice of hearing for February 07, 2024
- **2024-01-24** Cavanaugh, M. name added
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** 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/41f4b0e4-50ef-45bb-9479-0f3896ffdc48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).