---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change, provide, and eliminate provisions of the Professional Landscape Architects Act"
description: "Change, provide, and eliminate provisions of the Professional Landscape Architects Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 696"
citation: "Nebraska LB 696 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Raybould"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78f37714-5084-4e5c-b56a-cc406eae7f0c"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "37438cc99243256010a64f42b969470c35b3d5f7a94419622f125445f80e78e6"
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 696 (109) — Change, provide, and eliminate provisions of the Professional Landscape Architects 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/LB696.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB696.pdf)
3. **Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM499** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM499.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB696.pdf)

## Votes

- Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM499 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-2*-0 — **47–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Raybould — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-15** Approved by Governor on May 15, 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 47-2*-0 `passage`
- **2025-05-14** 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
- **2025-04-29** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-04-23** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM499 adopted
- **2025-03-17** Speaker priority bill
- **2025-03-11** Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM499 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-11** Placed on General File with AM499 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24** Notice of hearing for March 06, 2025
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Government, Military and Veterans 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/78f37714-5084-4e5c-b56a-cc406eae7f0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).