republic-os/legislation/us/states/ne/105/lb-994.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Create the Rural Broadband Task Force and exempt dark fiber from sales tax	Create the Rural Broadband Task Force and exempt dark fiber from sales tax	us/states/ne	Nebraska Legislature	105	LB 994	Nebraska LB 994 (105)	bill		enacted	Friesen	3	26	6	2018-01-11	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/57da55d5-8623-46d9-a4ab-92b8b754d79e	https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018	3afdbfff8498574a10ad24e7cc3f74dfc929bfbd034bf9e9fcaf34aa9f1fa93e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ne

Nebraska LB 994 (105) — Create the Rural Broadband Task Force and exempt dark fiber from sales tax

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Final Reading (committee substitute) — source
3. Slip Law (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Friesen AM2387 adopted — 25–0 (fail) · legislature
• Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 — 48–0 (pass) · legislature
• Friesen AM2799 adopted — 38–0 (fail) · legislature
• Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — 29–0 (pass) · legislature
• Transportation and Telecommunications AM2358 adopted — 30–0 (fail) · legislature
• Friesen AM2685 adopted — 28–0 (fail) · legislature

Sponsors

• Friesen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-04-23 Provisions/portions of LB966 amended into LB994 by AM2685
• 2018-04-18 Approved by Governor on April 17, 2018 executive-signature
• 2018-04-11 Presented to Governor on April 11, 2018 executive-receipt
• 2018-04-11 President/Speaker signed passage
• 2018-04-11 Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 passage
• 2018-04-09 Placed on Final Reading reading-3
• 2018-04-09 Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
• 2018-04-09 Friesen AM2799 adopted
• 2018-04-09 Enrollment and Review ER158 adopted
• 2018-04-05 Friesen AM2799 filed filing
• 2018-03-28 Enrollment and Review ER158 filed filing
• 2018-03-28 Placed on Select File with ER158 filing
• 2018-03-27 Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
• 2018-03-27 Friesen AM2685 adopted
• 2018-03-27 Friesen AM2387 adopted
• 2018-03-27 Transportation and Telecommunications AM2358 adopted
• 2018-03-27 Friesen AM2685 filed filing
• 2018-03-14 Friesen AM2387 filed filing
• 2018-03-14 Transportation and Telecommunications AM2358 filed filing
• 2018-03-14 Placed on General File with AM2358 filing
• 2018-02-20 Transportation and Telecommunications priority bill
• 2018-02-02 Wayne name added
• 2018-01-26 Notice of hearing for February 05, 2018
• 2018-01-17 Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Brewer name added
• 2018-01-11 Date of introduction introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57da55d5-8623-46d9-a4ab-92b8b754d79e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).