---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the 340B Contract Pharmacy Protection Act"
description: "Adopt the 340B Contract Pharmacy Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 168"
citation: "Nebraska LB 168 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85dd007f-86e0-4ec5-8313-4ce5dda5aaec"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "f55ad27ab92e0464dba1e2cd3554733bf2e4c03ffee7fb5c6ec84c39b3c39fa7"
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 168 (109) — Adopt the 340B Contract Pharmacy Protection 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/LB168.pdf)
2. **Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM225** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM225.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB168.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB168.pdf)

## Votes

- Cavanaugh, M. MO59 failed — **0–37** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **41–0** (pass) · legislature
- Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM225 adopted — **42–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 42-5-2 — **42–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hardin — primary (person)
- Brandt — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Fredrickson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on April 9, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-03** Presented to Governor on April 3, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 42-5-2 `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-19** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-03-19** Cavanaugh, M. MO58 withdrawn
- **2025-03-19** Cavanaugh, M. MO57 withdrawn
- **2025-03-12** Hardin priority bill
- **2025-03-11** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-03-05** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-03-05** Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM225 adopted
- **2025-03-05** Cavanaugh, M. MO59 failed
- **2025-03-03** Cavanaugh, M. MO59 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6, Sec. 3(f) filed `filing`
- **2025-03-03** Cavanaugh, M. MO58 Bracket until May 1, 2025 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-03** Cavanaugh, M. MO57 Recommit to the Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee filed `filing`
- **2025-02-12** Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM225 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on General File with AM225 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27** Notice of hearing for February 04, 2025
- **2025-01-15** Brandt name added
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Fredrickson name added
- **2025-01-14** Conrad name added
- **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/85dd007f-86e0-4ec5-8313-4ce5dda5aaec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).