---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions of the Livestock Brand Act"
description: "Change provisions of the Livestock Brand Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 1187"
citation: "Nebraska LB 1187 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeKay"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04f3ebe2-5314-4cf8-80c1-9faeeba3def2"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2026"
source_hash: "923961adf61178fb8e0325c87232840ca7f4e389c09dcb53335469b32baca8cf"
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 1187 (109) — Change provisions of the Livestock Brand 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/109/PDF/Intro/LB1187.pdf)
2. **Agriculture AM2886 Jacobson AM3037** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2886.pdf)
3. **Enrollment and Review ER184** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER184.pdf)
4. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB1187.pdf)
5. **Jacobson AM3037** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM3037.pdf)
6. **Jacobson AM3068** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM3068.pdf)
7. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB1187.pdf)

## Votes

- Agriculture AM2886 adopted — **38–1** (fail) · legislature
- Jacobson AM3068 adopted — **36–2** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **36–4** (pass) · legislature
- Jacobson AM3037 adopted — **39–1** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 39-9*-1 — **39–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DeKay — primary (person)
- Holdcroft — cosponsor (person)
- Ibach — cosponsor (person)
- Kauth — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer, F. — cosponsor (person)
- Storm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17** Approved by Governor on April 16, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-17** Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-10** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed on Final Reading 39-9*-1 `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2026-04-08** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2026-04-08** Jacobson AM3068 adopted
- **2026-04-08** Hansen FA1043 withdrawn
- **2026-04-08** Dorn FA963 withdrawn
- **2026-04-08** Kauth FA847 withdrawn
- **2026-04-08** Enrollment and Review ER184 adopted
- **2026-04-07** Jacobson AM3068 filed `filing`
- **2026-04-07** Enrollment and Review ER184 filed `filing`
- **2026-04-07** Placed on Select File with ER184 `filing`
- **2026-04-01** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2026-04-01** Agriculture AM2886 adopted
- **2026-04-01** DeKay AM2503 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** Hansen FA1042 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** Dorn FA962 withdrawn
- **2026-04-01** Jacobson AM3037 adopted
- **2026-03-31** Jacobson AM3037 to AM2886 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-25** Agriculture AM2886 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-25** Placed on General File with AM2886 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-19** Kauth name added
- **2026-03-19** Meyer, F. name added
- **2026-03-19** Holdcroft name added
- **2026-03-19** Ibach name added
- **2026-03-19** Storm name added
- **2026-03-12** Notice of hearing for March 19, 2026 on AM2503
- **2026-03-12** DeKay AM2503 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-10** Hansen FA1043 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-10** Hansen FA1042 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-19** Dorn priority bill
- **2026-02-09** Dorn FA963 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-09** Dorn FA962 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-28** Notice of hearing for February 17, 2026
- **2026-01-23** Referred to Agriculture Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Kauth FA847 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-21** 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/04f3ebe2-5314-4cf8-80c1-9faeeba3def2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).