---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers and change civil penalties against certain motor carriers"
description: "Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers and change civil penalties against certain motor carriers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 781"
citation: "Nebraska LB 781 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fd7ec9c-906a-4b4c-a8c2-136a4467f5d5"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2026"
source_hash: "06ad9d4b199c787b019a7ee547a1d3d7eca1a9c908d2f6e130e8362b57d05192"
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 781 (109) — Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers and change civil penalties against certain motor carriers

## 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/LB781.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB781.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB781.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ballard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17** Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-17** Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-10** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2026-04-07** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-04-01** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2026-04-01** Kauth FA410 withdrawn
- **2026-03-30** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2026-03-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2026-02-20** Speaker priority bill
- **2026-02-12** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-16** Notice of hearing for January 26, 2026
- **2026-01-09** Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Kauth FA410 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-07** 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/4fd7ec9c-906a-4b4c-a8c2-136a4467f5d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).