---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Kratom Consumer Protection Act, regulate nitrous oxide, and change the Uniform Controlled Substances Act"
description: "Adopt the Kratom Consumer Protection Act, regulate nitrous oxide, and change the Uniform Controlled Substances Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 230"
citation: "Nebraska LB 230 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hallstrom"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ceba6274-d420-4f32-9442-d815db0c5801"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "f0c220790f01dc168f2cbb31cc0aad42d8ae0fc077925c4041b0332b1d8df80a"
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 230 (109) — Adopt the Kratom Consumer Protection Act, regulate nitrous oxide, and change the Uniform Controlled Substances 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/LB230.pdf)
2. **DeKay AM689** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM689.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB230.pdf)
4. **Hallstrom AM381** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM381.pdf)
5. **Hallstrom AM597** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM597.pdf)
6. **Judiciary AM55 Hallstrom AM381** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM55.pdf)
7. **Riepe AM577** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM577.pdf)
8. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB230.pdf)

## Votes

- Hallstrom AM597 adopted — **37–0** (fail) · legislature
- DeKay AM689 adopted — **33–0** (fail) · legislature
- Riepe AM577 adopted — **28–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Judiciary AM55 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Hallstrom AM381 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, J. MO93 failed — **4–36** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hallstrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB475 amended into LB230 by AM577
- **2025-06-06** Provisions/portions of LB184 amended into LB230 by AM689
- **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 with Emergency Clause 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-05-14** Cavanaugh, M. FA50 withdrawn
- **2025-05-14** Cavanaugh, M. FA49 withdrawn
- **2025-05-14** Cavanaugh, M. MO102 withdrawn
- **2025-03-26** Enrollment and Review ST14 recorded
- **2025-03-26** Enrollment and Review ST14 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Final Reading with ST14 `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** Cavanaugh, M. FA50 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-18** Cavanaugh, M. FA49 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-18** Cavanaugh, M. MO102 Recommit to the Judiciary Committee filed `filing`
- **2025-03-18** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-03-18** Riepe AM577 adopted
- **2025-03-18** DeKay AM689 adopted
- **2025-03-18** Bosn AM600 withdrawn
- **2025-03-18** Hallstrom AM597 adopted
- **2025-03-18** Cavanaugh, J. MO94 withdrawn
- **2025-03-18** Cavanaugh, J. MO94 Reconsider the vote taken on MO93 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-18** Cavanaugh, J. MO93 failed
- **2025-03-18** Cavanaugh, J. MO93 Bracket until June 9, 2025 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** DeKay AM689 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-13** Bosn AM600 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-12** Riepe AM577 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-11** Hallstrom AM597 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-02-27** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-02-27** Judiciary AM55 adopted
- **2025-02-27** Hallstrom AM381 adopted
- **2025-02-26** Hallstrom AM381 to AM55 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-11** Judiciary AM55 filed `filing`
- **2025-02-11** Placed on General File with AM55 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22** Notice of hearing for January 29, 2025
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** 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/ceba6274-d420-4f32-9442-d815db0c5801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).