---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for adoption by a second adult person and change provisions relating to adoptions"
description: "Provide for adoption by a second adult person and change provisions relating to adoptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 70"
citation: "Nebraska LB 70 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBoer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2026-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f66c67a-0dda-4edb-9ee2-243101086cd5"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "ba48e0330cfe3002a3501dc5e6f599cc51ea6dda30f513d4995e091b7b5c30d1"
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 70 (109) — Provide for adoption by a second adult person and change provisions relating to adoptions

## 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/LB70.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER118.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB70.pdf)
4. **Judiciary AM1660** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1660.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB70.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-1*-1 — **47–1** (pass) · legislature
- Judiciary AM1660 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DeBoer — primary (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Raybould — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-03** Approved by Governor on March 3, 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 47-1*-1 `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2026-02-24** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2026-02-19** Enrollment and Review ER118 adopted
- **2026-02-10** Enrollment and Review ER118 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-10** Placed on Select File with ER118 `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2026-02-04** Judiciary AM1660 adopted
- **2026-01-29** Judiciary AM1660 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-29** Placed on General File with AM1660 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-07** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2025-01-16** Notice of hearing for January 24, 2025
- **2025-01-15** Conrad name added
- **2025-01-14** Raybould name added
- **2025-01-13** Referred to Judiciary 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/3f66c67a-0dda-4edb-9ee2-243101086cd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).