---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require independent confirmatory testing of potential items of contraband or drugs in prisons"
description: "Require independent confirmatory testing of potential items of contraband or drugs in prisons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 519"
citation: "Nebraska LB 519 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Juarez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08cb5a53-5f6a-4c37-b710-2bf059212b78"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "1f7592c41f6b2729e27b84dfb73c2ae1783b368a342eefd5377020a8c15a074b"
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 519 (109) — Require independent confirmatory testing of potential items of contraband or drugs in prisons

## 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/LB519.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB519.pdf)
3. **Judiciary AM761** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM761.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB519.pdf)

## Votes

- Judiciary AM761 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 46-1*-2 — **46–1** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Juarez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-13** Approved by Governor on May 13, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-09** Presented to Governor on May 9, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Passed on Final Reading 46-1*-2 `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-04-25** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-04-25** Judiciary AM761 adopted
- **2025-03-31** Judiciary AM761 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-31** Placed on General File with AM761 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06** Notice of hearing for February 28, 2025
- **2025-01-23** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** 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/08cb5a53-5f6a-4c37-b710-2bf059212b78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).