---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions of the Geologists Regulation Act"
description: "Change provisions of the Geologists Regulation Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 38"
citation: "Nebraska LB 38 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacobson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-02-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93d87918-7427-418e-aac6-672ac4404ae7"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "4bdc780e63b482a3282b04619698bb402cbb2a7dfdc409fe1e18ba1b9feba44c"
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 38 (109) — Change provisions of the Geologists 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/LB38.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER2.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB38.pdf)
4. **Jacobson AM141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM141.pdf)
5. **Natural Resources AM17** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM17.pdf)
6. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB38.pdf)

## Votes

- Jacobson AM141 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- Natural Resources AM17 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **42–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jacobson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** Approved by Governor on February 25, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-02-21** Presented to Governor on February 21, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-21** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-02-18** Enrollment and Review ST4 recorded
- **2025-02-18** Enrollment and Review ST4 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on Final Reading with ST4 `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-02-07** Jacobson AM141 adopted
- **2025-02-07** Enrollment and Review ER2 adopted
- **2025-02-05** Jacobson AM141 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-04** Enrollment and Review ER2 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-04** Placed on Select File with ER2 `filing`
- **2025-01-30** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-01-30** Natural Resources AM17 adopted
- **2025-01-27** Natural Resources AM17 filed `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Placed on General File with AM17 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-16** Notice of hearing for January 23, 2025
- **2025-01-13** Referred to Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** 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/93d87918-7427-418e-aac6-672ac4404ae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).