---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize the regulation of professional bare-knuckle mixed martial arts, professional mixed martial arts on ice, professional muay thai, amateur muay thai, and amateur kickboxing by the State Athletic Commissioner"
description: "Authorize the regulation of professional bare-knuckle mixed martial arts, professional mixed martial arts on ice, professional muay thai, amateur muay thai, and amateur kickboxing by the State Athletic Commissioner"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 635"
citation: "Nebraska LB 635 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74e0c7a2-a3ee-444c-a9ac-67cac873aaa4"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "9e152070761ab8c7160bb0ec6b390c757cdf9537331b2bf8aad90ab5c9c6b951"
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 635 (109) — Authorize the regulation of professional bare-knuckle mixed martial arts, professional mixed martial arts on ice, professional muay thai, amateur muay thai, and amateur kickboxing by the State Athletic Commissioner

## 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/LB635.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER63** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER63.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB635.pdf)
4. **General Affairs AM399** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM399.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB635.pdf)

## Votes

- General Affairs AM399 adopted — **37–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 45-2*-2 — **45–2** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **34–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hansen — 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 45-2*-2 `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-05-06** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-05-01** Enrollment and Review ER63 adopted
- **2025-04-30** Enrollment and Review ER63 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Select File with ER63 `filing`
- **2025-04-25** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-04-25** General Affairs AM399 adopted
- **2025-02-27** General Affairs AM399 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-27** Placed on General File with AM399 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Notice of hearing for February 10, 2025
- **2025-01-24** Referred to General Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** 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/74e0c7a2-a3ee-444c-a9ac-67cac873aaa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).