---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions of the Nebraska Pure Food Act and the Weights and Measures Act"
description: "Change provisions of the Nebraska Pure Food Act and the Weights and Measures Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 245"
citation: "Nebraska LB 245 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeKay"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a36bc11-c5a8-4b5e-b746-914c8a43d65b"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "9f2cfb672c4911eab2ea78bd29cb6d8e1e94dafba96269f2baebf1fb77518376"
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 245 (109) — Change provisions of the Nebraska Pure Food Act and the Weights and Measures 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/LB245.pdf)
2. **Agriculture AM501** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM501.pdf)
3. **DeKay AM759** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM759.pdf)
4. **Enrollment and Review ER28** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER28.pdf)
5. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB245.pdf)
6. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB245.pdf)

## Votes

- Agriculture AM501 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-7*-4 — **38–7** (pass) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. MO72 failed — **1–32** (fail) · legislature
- DeKay AM759 adopted — **31–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **43–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DeKay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB394 amended into LB245 by AM501
- **2025-05-01** Approved by Governor on April 29, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-25** Presented to Governor on April 25, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 38-7*-4 `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-04-14** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-04-09** DeKay AM759 adopted
- **2025-04-09** Enrollment and Review ER28 adopted
- **2025-03-25** DeKay AM759 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Enrollment and Review ER28 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Select File with ER28 `filing`
- **2025-03-14** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-03-14** Agriculture AM501 adopted
- **2025-03-14** Cavanaugh, M. MO66 withdrawn
- **2025-03-14** Cavanaugh, M. MO71 withdrawn
- **2025-03-14** Cavanaugh, M. MO72 failed
- **2025-03-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO71 Recommit to the Agriculture Committee filed `filing`
- **2025-03-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO66 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6, Sec. 3(f) filed `filing`
- **2025-03-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO72 pending
- **2025-03-13** Cavanaugh, M. MO72 Bracket until March 19, 2025 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-13** Agriculture AM501 pending
- **2025-03-10** Agriculture AM501 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-10** Placed on General File with AM501 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Agriculture priority bill
- **2025-01-24** Notice of hearing for February 04, 2025
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Agriculture 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/8a36bc11-c5a8-4b5e-b746-914c8a43d65b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).