---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Telecommunications Exchange Deregulation Act, restrict actions of governmental actors relating to telecommunications, and change provisions relating to regulation of telecommunications"
description: "Adopt the Telecommunications Exchange Deregulation Act, restrict actions of governmental actors relating to telecommunications, and change provisions relating to regulation of telecommunications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 311"
citation: "Nebraska LB 311 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBoer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/544bc991-8781-4eb8-b3e2-ce5f91f3f0fc"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "8036ec9baff05020c3549b63c07483d7acb931422484b86181917880756b030a"
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 311 (109) — Adopt the Telecommunications Exchange Deregulation Act, restrict actions of governmental actors relating to telecommunications, and change provisions relating to regulation of telecommunications

## 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/LB311.pdf)
2. **DeBoer AM1189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1189.pdf)
3. **Enrollment and Review ER69** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER69.pdf)
4. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB311.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB311.pdf)
6. **Transportation and Telecommunications AM1111 DeBoer AM1189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1111.pdf)

## Votes

- DeBoer AM1189 adopted — **43–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Transportation and Telecommunications AM1111 adopted — **43–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **43–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DeBoer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB666 amended into LB311 by AM1111
- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB347 amended into LB311 by AM1111
- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB227 amended into LB311 by AM1111
- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB191 amended into LB311 by AM1111
- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB4 amended into LB311 by AM1111
- **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 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 ER69 adopted
- **2025-05-06** Enrollment and Review ER69 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Placed on Select File with ER69 `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-04-29** Transportation and Telecommunications AM1111 adopted
- **2025-04-29** DeBoer AM1189 adopted
- **2025-04-29** DeBoer AM1189 to AM1111 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Transportation and Telecommunications AM1111 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Placed on General File with AM1111 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13** Transportation and Telecommunications priority bill
- **2025-01-31** Notice of hearing for February 11, 2025
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** 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/544bc991-8781-4eb8-b3e2-ce5f91f3f0fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).