---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions of the Game Law and the State Boat Act"
description: "Change provisions of the Game Law and the State Boat Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 979"
citation: "Nebraska LB 979 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85b9c458-5ef7-4f44-a617-eee42d113e37"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2026"
source_hash: "d999b3e85d43b85a1500173d87e42ca8684bbf5c1bbc92293f1cc0ccee46f3fe"
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 979 (109) — Change provisions of the Game Law and the State Boat 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/LB979.pdf)
2. **Brandt AM2147** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2147.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB979.pdf)
4. **Natural Resources AM1877** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1877.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB979.pdf)
6. **Strommen AM2331** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2331.pdf)

## Votes

- Natural Resources AM1877 adopted — **26–0** (fail) · legislature
- Strommen AM2331 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- Brandt AM2147 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 37-10*-2 — **37–10** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brandt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17** Provisions/portions of LB1232 amended into LB979 by AM2331
- **2026-04-17** Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Presented to Governor on April 9, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed on Final Reading 37-10*-2 `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2026-03-17** Enrollment and Review ST63 recorded
- **2026-03-17** Enrollment and Review ST63 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Final Reading with ST63 `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2026-03-06** Strommen AM2331 adopted
- **2026-03-06** Brandt AM2147 adopted
- **2026-03-06** Kauth FA635 withdrawn
- **2026-02-26** Strommen AM2331 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-23** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2026-02-18** Brandt AM2147 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-11** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2026-02-11** Natural Resources AM1877 adopted
- **2026-02-03** Natural Resources AM1877 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on General File with AM1877 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-15** Notice of hearing for January 22, 2026
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Kauth FA635 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-12** 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/85b9c458-5ef7-4f44-a617-eee42d113e37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).