---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide authority for animal control officers to enforce state or local animal control laws and provide immunity"
description: "Provide authority for animal control officers to enforce state or local animal control laws and provide immunity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 133"
citation: "Nebraska LB 133 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holdcroft"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53614e4e-e5da-47f3-9dcc-c79caec9a0e2"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "97c09b7fd3b1f579c82727451a259f097017b4f4e60e6bcac36e9fc3a6dbf0cd"
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 133 (109) — Provide authority for animal control officers to enforce state or local animal control laws and provide immunity

## 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/LB133.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER47** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER47.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB133.pdf)
4. **Judiciary AM251** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM251.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB133.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **33–2** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 42-7*-0 — **42–7** (pass) · legislature
- Judiciary AM251 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Holdcroft — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-21** Approved by Governor on May 20, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Presented to Governor on May 14, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 42-7*-0 `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-04-29** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-04-24** McKinney AM1116 withdrawn
- **2025-04-24** Enrollment and Review ER47 adopted
- **2025-04-22** McKinney AM1116 to AM251 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Enrollment and Review ER47 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Placed on Select File with ER47 `filing`
- **2025-04-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-04-09** Judiciary AM251 adopted
- **2025-03-17** Speaker priority bill
- **2025-02-27** Judiciary AM251 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-27** Placed on General File with AM251 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-15** Notice of hearing for January 22, 2025
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** 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/53614e4e-e5da-47f3-9dcc-c79caec9a0e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).