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type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate prohibition on teachers wearing religious garb"
description: "Eliminate prohibition on teachers wearing religious garb"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 62"
citation: "Nebraska LB 62 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scheer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c8beeb2-1ab2-4250-9ab1-b1fc840d8df9"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "8293b64999d4a511f210a9fe08aa1321a9429f4355475f119efe1a66068135ef"
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 62 (105) — Eliminate prohibition on teachers wearing religious garb
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Intro/LB62.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB62.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB62.pdf)
## Votes
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **361** (pass) · legislature
- Chambers AM332 lost — **432** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO38 failed — **040** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers MO37 failed — **329** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 39-5-5 — **395** (pass) · legislature
- Scheer MO57 prevailed — **383** (fail) · legislature
- Chambers FA27 lost — **138** (fail) · legislature
- Motion to return to Select File failed — **143** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment — **411** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Scheer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-28** Approved by Governor on March 27, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-23** Presented to Governor on March 23, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-23** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Passed on Final Reading 39-5-5 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Chambers FA48 withdrawn
- **2017-03-23** Chambers FA48 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-23** Motion to return to Select File failed `filing`
- **2017-03-20** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-03-16** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-03-16** Scheer MO57 prevailed
- **2017-03-16** Scheer MO57 Invoke cloture filed `filing`
- **2017-03-16** Chambers AM332 withdrawn
- **2017-03-16** Chambers FA44 withdrawn
- **2017-03-15** Chambers FA44 pending
- **2017-03-15** Chambers FA44 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-15** Chambers AM332 pending
- **2017-03-15** Enrollment and Review ER8 adopted
- **2017-02-23** Chambers AM332 refiled `filing`
- **2017-02-23** Enrollment and Review ER8 filed `filing`
- **2017-02-23** Placed on Select File with ER8 `filing`
- **2017-02-22** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-02-22** Chambers MO39 withdrawn
- **2017-02-22** Chambers MO39 Reconsider the vote to indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2017-02-22** Chambers MO38 failed
- **2017-02-22** Chambers MO38 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2017-02-22** Chambers MO37 failed
- **2017-02-22** Chambers MO37 Reconsider the vote on AM332 filed `filing`
- **2017-02-22** Chambers AM332 lost
- **2017-02-22** Chambers AM332 filed `filing`
- **2017-02-21** Chambers MO36 withdrawn
- **2017-02-21** Chambers MO36 Reconsider the vote on FA27 filed `filing`
- **2017-02-21** Chambers FA27 lost
- **2017-02-21** Chambers FA27 filed `filing`
- **2017-01-23** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2017-01-10** Notice of hearing for January 17, 2017
- **2017-01-09** Referred to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** 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/8c8beeb2-1ab2-4250-9ab1-b1fc840d8df9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).