---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for educational services for prisoners"
description: "Provide for educational services for prisoners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 1216"
citation: "Nebraska LB 1216 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKinney"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2929f018-7136-4c37-af3c-bb459ce83b84"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2026"
source_hash: "e61dde4b639acf63337afb06f7f546402c0a42c43fec314d8b861ffd4e2543c1"
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 1216 (109) — Provide for educational services for prisoners

## 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/LB1216.pdf)
2. **Education AM2440** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2440.pdf)
3. **Enrollment and Review ER173** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER173.pdf)
4. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB1216.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB1216.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Education AM2440 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McKinney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17** Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-10** Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-10** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2026-04-02** Kauth FA876 withdrawn
- **2026-04-02** Enrollment and Review ER173 adopted
- **2026-03-31** Enrollment and Review ER173 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-31** Placed on Select File with ER173 `filing`
- **2026-03-30** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2026-03-30** Education AM2440 adopted
- **2026-03-12** Education AM2440 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-12** Placed on General File with AM2440 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Notice of hearing for February 27, 2026
- **2026-01-23** Referred to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Kauth FA876 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/2929f018-7136-4c37-af3c-bb459ce83b84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).