---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to acceptance of students under the enrollment option program and discipline of students under the Student Discipline Act"
description: "Change provisions relating to acceptance of students under the enrollment option program and discipline of students under the Student Discipline Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 653"
citation: "Nebraska LB 653 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eff2b36d-8582-418c-b389-cb7c8c304936"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "ed8c2df60ed8a2b8a9792e32f5e3fbc9268419673dbf1ffb5a96e024626df840"
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 653 (109) — Change provisions relating to acceptance of students under the enrollment option program and discipline of students under the Student Discipline 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/LB653.pdf)
2. **Dungan AM2041** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2041.pdf)
3. **Education AM995 Murman AM1701 Murman FA107 Murman FA108 Murman FA109 McKinney FA155** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM995.pdf)
4. **Enrollment and Review ER102** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER102.pdf)
5. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB653.pdf)
6. **Murman AM1701** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1701.pdf)
7. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB653.pdf)

## Votes

- Dungan AM2041 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Spivey AM2098 lost — **16–29** (fail) · legislature
- McKinney AM1947 lost — **16–29** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **30–6** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 33-15-1 — **33–15** (pass) · legislature
- Murman AM1701 adopted — **33–8** (fail) · legislature
- Education AM995 adopted — **34–3** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **28–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Murman — primary (person)
- Sanders — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17** Provisions/portions of LB430 amended into LB653 by AM995
- **2026-03-04** Approved by Governor on March 4, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-03** Presented to Governor on February 27, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-27** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Passed on Final Reading 33-15-1 `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2026-02-27** McKinney MO468 withdrawn
- **2026-02-27** McKinney MO468 Recommit to the Education Committee filed `filing`
- **2026-02-23** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2026-02-17** Dungan AM2041 adopted
- **2026-02-12** Dungan AM2041 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** McKinney AM1947 lost
- **2026-02-12** Spivey AM2098 lost
- **2026-02-12** Spivey AM2098 pending
- **2026-02-12** McKinney AM1947 pending
- **2026-02-12** Spivey AM2098 to AM1947 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-12** Enrollment and Review ER102 adopted
- **2026-02-10** McKinney AM1947 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-29** Enrollment and Review ER102 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-29** Placed on Select File with ER102 `filing`
- **2026-01-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2026-01-23** Education AM995 adopted
- **2026-01-23** McKinney FA155 withdrawn
- **2026-01-23** Murman FA109 withdrawn
- **2026-01-23** Murman FA108 withdrawn
- **2026-01-23** Murman AM1701 adopted
- **2026-01-23** Murman FA107 withdrawn
- **2026-01-23** No objections to unanimous consent request to withdraw and substitute amendment
- **2026-01-23** McKinney MO354 withdrawn
- **2026-01-23** McKinney MO353 withdrawn
- **2026-01-23** McKinney MO355 withdrawn
- **2026-01-14** McKinney MO355 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6, Sec. 3(f) filed `filing`
- **2026-01-14** McKinney MO354 Recommit to the Education Committee filed `filing`
- **2026-01-14** McKinney MO353 Bracket until April 16, 2026 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-09** Murman AM1701 to AM995 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-07** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2025-04-29** McKinney FA155 to AM995 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-14** Murman FA109 to AM995 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-14** Murman FA108 to AM995 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-14** Murman FA107 to AM995 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-14** Education AM995 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-14** Placed on General File with AM995 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-14** Education priority bill
- **2025-02-12** Sanders name added
- **2025-02-04** Notice of hearing for February 11, 2025
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Education 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/eff2b36d-8582-418c-b389-cb7c8c304936`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).