---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions of the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act"
description: "Change provisions of the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 198"
citation: "Nebraska LB 198 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sorrentino"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e27d3b81-9b5c-45ea-adc5-de1fb7b0a334"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "d4da824c987c3d36cf626365cae114aea8f1eede7218b5120bc8a3a42b087f47"
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 198 (109) — Change provisions of the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation 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/LB198.pdf)
2. **Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM1201 Jacobson AM1229** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1201.pdf)
3. **Enrollment and Review ER76** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER76.pdf)
4. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB198.pdf)
5. **Jacobson AM1229** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1229.pdf)
6. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB198.pdf)

## Votes

- Jacobson AM1229 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM1201 adopted — **37–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sorrentino — primary (person)
- Hallstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Sanders — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB109 amended into LB198 by AM1201
- **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 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-05-12** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-05-08** Enrollment and Review ER76 adopted
- **2025-05-07** Enrollment and Review ER76 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Select File with ER76 `filing`
- **2025-05-01** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-05-01** Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM1201 adopted
- **2025-05-01** Jacobson AM1229 adopted
- **2025-05-01** Jacobson AM1229 to AM1201 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM1201 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on General File with AM1201 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12** Banking, Commerce and Insurance priority bill
- **2025-03-06** Sanders name added
- **2025-02-11** Hallstrom name added
- **2025-01-29** Notice of hearing for March 03, 2025
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** 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/e27d3b81-9b5c-45ea-adc5-de1fb7b0a334`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).