---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change examination requirements for a license under the Barber Act"
description: "Change examination requirements for a license under the Barber Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 160"
citation: "Nebraska LB 160 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riepe"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a1f26c5-82db-481e-a534-35a4379f9118"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "d999f6e02e157d96c5885b008da677a2df51672e34ac6080520885d9c088c5fc"
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 160 (109) — Change examination requirements for a license under the Barber 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/LB160.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB160.pdf)
3. **Health and Human Services AM124 Riepe AM189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM124.pdf)
4. **Riepe AM189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM189.pdf)
5. **Riepe AM264** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM264.pdf)
6. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB160.pdf)

## Votes

- Riepe AM189 adopted — **43–0** (fail) · legislature
- Health and Human Services AM124 adopted — **41–0** (fail) · legislature
- Riepe AM264 adopted — **42–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Riepe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-06** Presented to Governor on March 6, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-06** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2025-03-04** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-02-25** Riepe AM264 adopted
- **2025-02-21** Riepe AM264 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-02-10** Health and Human Services AM124 adopted
- **2025-02-10** Riepe AM189 adopted
- **2025-02-07** Riepe AM189 to AM124 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Health and Human Services AM124 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on General File with AM124 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-21** Notice of hearing for January 31, 2025
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Health and Human Services 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/8a1f26c5-82db-481e-a534-35a4379f9118`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).