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Bill Recognize American Sign Language, provide for the teaching of American Sign Language in schools and postsecondary educational institutions, and establish a language assessment program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing Recognize American Sign Language, provide for the teaching of American Sign Language in schools and postsecondary educational institutions, and establish a language assessment program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing us/states/ne Nebraska Legislature 106 LB 965 Nebraska LB 965 (106)
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Nebraska LB 965 (106) — Recognize American Sign Language, provide for the teaching of American Sign Language in schools and postsecondary educational institutions, and establish a language assessment program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing

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

  • McDonnell AM2992 adopted — 340 (fail) · legislature
  • Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 — 480 (pass) · legislature
  • Education AM2234 adopted — 450 (fail) · legislature
  • Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — 450 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • McDonnell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-08-18 Provisions/portions of LB839 amended into LB965 by AM2234
  • 2020-08-18 Approved by Governor on August 15, 2020 executive-signature
  • 2020-08-12 Presented to Governor on August 11, 2020 executive-receipt
  • 2020-08-11 President/Speaker signed passage
  • 2020-08-11 Passed on Final Reading 48-0-1 passage
  • 2020-08-03 Placed on Final Reading reading-3
  • 2020-07-30 Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
  • 2020-07-30 McDonnell AM2992 adopted
  • 2020-07-30 Enrollment and Review ER199 adopted
  • 2020-07-28 McDonnell AM2992 filed filing
  • 2020-03-10 Enrollment and Review ER199 filed filing
  • 2020-03-10 Placed on Select File with ER199 filing
  • 2020-03-05 Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
  • 2020-03-05 Education AM2234 adopted
  • 2020-02-25 Speaker priority bill
  • 2020-02-05 Education AM2234 filed filing
  • 2020-02-05 Placed on General File with AM2234 filing
  • 2020-01-21 Notice of hearing for January 28, 2020
  • 2020-01-14 Referred to Education Committee referral-committee
  • 2020-01-13 Date of introduction introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35613198-56e3-48a5-9d79-9c19e46e827f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).