republic-os/legislation/us/states/ne/108/lb-254.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide and change requirements relating to video coverage of the Legislature, performance audits, and the Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee"
description: "Provide and change requirements relating to video coverage of the Legislature, performance audits, and the Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 254"
citation: "Nebraska LB 254 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brewer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 72
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64424198-59e7-427a-b17d-89599562eef1"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "a78d91b03442d3a6b52b454b9e1219d34884b6489bc39134bdf87af1e5179d5e"
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 254 (108) — Provide and change requirements relating to video coverage of the Legislature, performance audits, and the Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Intro/LB254.pdf)
2. **Cavanaugh, J. AM1461** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1461.pdf)
3. **Dorn AM1377** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1377.pdf)
4. **Enrollment and Review ER27** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER27.pdf)
5. **Executive Board AM698** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM698.pdf)
6. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB254.pdf)
7. **Hunt AM1460** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM1460.pdf)
8. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB254.pdf)

## Votes

- Cavanaugh, M. MO407 failed — **1–41** (fail) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, J. AM1461 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature
- Hunt AM1259 lost — **8–21** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. MO953 failed — **1–38** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. MO956 failed — **1–37** (fail) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. MO406 failed — **0–41** (fail) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. MO408 failed — **0–36** (fail) · legislature
- Executive Board AM698 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. MO955 failed — **0–42** (fail) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. MO954 failed — **0–39** (fail) · legislature
- Hunt AM1460 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature
- Cavanaugh, M. FA54 lost — **0–36** (fail) · legislature
- Dorn AM1377 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brewer — primary (person)
- Aguilar — cosponsor (person)
- Cavanaugh, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Fredrickson — cosponsor (person)
- Hardin — cosponsor (person)
- Holdcroft — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Lippincott — cosponsor (person)
- Murman — cosponsor (person)
- von Gillern — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB552 amended into LB254 by AM1461
- **2023-06-01** Provisions/portions of LB90 amended into LB254 by AM1377
- **2023-05-30** Approved by Governor on May 26, 2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** Presented to Governor on May 24, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2023-05-24** Cavanaugh, M. MO412 withdrawn
- **2023-05-02** Enrollment and Review ST9 recorded
- **2023-05-02** Enrollment and Review ST9 filed `filing`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Final Reading with ST9 `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Cavanaugh, J. name added
- **2023-04-25** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2023-04-25** Enrollment and Review ER27 adopted
- **2023-04-25** Cavanaugh, J. AM1461 adopted
- **2023-04-25** Cavanaugh, J. AM1461 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Hunt AM1460 adopted
- **2023-04-25** Hunt AM1460 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Cavanaugh, M. MO409 withdrawn
- **2023-04-25** Cavanaugh, M. MO411 withdrawn
- **2023-04-25** Cavanaugh, M. MO410 withdrawn
- **2023-04-25** Enrollment and Review ER27 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on Select File with ER27 `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2023-04-17** Executive Board AM698 adopted
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. FA55 withdrawn
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. FA55 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Dorn AM1377 adopted
- **2023-04-17** Dorn AM1377 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. FA54 lost
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. FA54 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. MO956 failed
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. MO956 Reconsider the vote taken on FA53 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. FA53 lost
- **2023-04-17** FA53 pending
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. FA53 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Hunt AM1259 lost
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. MO955 failed
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. MO955 Reconsider the vote taken on MO406 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. MO406 failed
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. MO954 failed
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. MO954 Reconsider the vote taken on MO407 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. MO407 failed
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. MO953 failed
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. MO953 Reconsider the vote taken on MO408 filed `filing`
- **2023-04-17** Cavanaugh, M. MO408 failed
- **2023-04-13** Holdcroft name added
- **2023-04-12** Murman name added
- **2023-04-12** MO408 pending
- **2023-04-12** MO408 pending
- **2023-04-11** Hunt AM1259 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Clements name added
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO411 Bracket until June 2, 2023 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO408 Bracket until June 1, 2023 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO412 Recommit to Executive Board filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO410 Recommit to Executive Board filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO407 Recommit to Executive Board filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO409 Indefinitely postpone filed `filing`
- **2023-03-30** Cavanaugh, M. MO406 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6 Section 3 (f) filed `filing`
- **2023-03-14** von Gillern name added
- **2023-03-14** Executive Board priority bill
- **2023-03-13** Executive Board AM698 filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Placed on General File with AM698 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Fredrickson name added
- **2023-02-13** Aguilar name added
- **2023-01-31** Hunt name added
- **2023-01-25** Notice of hearing for February 10, 2023
- **2023-01-23** Hardin name added
- **2023-01-17** Conrad name added
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Executive Board `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Lippincott name added
- **2023-01-10** 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/64424198-59e7-427a-b17d-89599562eef1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).