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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit cultivated-protein food products under the Nebraska Pure Food Act and provide a deceptive trade practice"
description: "Prohibit cultivated-protein food products under the Nebraska Pure Food Act and provide a deceptive trade practice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 246"
citation: "Nebraska LB 246 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeKay"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa478355-d700-434d-ae18-3c2cf8009712"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "6a3e15873f919914862e0a6490849680ef5fd4695c94c2a9ec3579b8e85ced8e"
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 246 (109) — Prohibit cultivated-protein food products under the Nebraska Pure Food Act and provide a deceptive trade practice
## 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/LB246.pdf)
2. **Agriculture AM226** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM226.pdf)
3. **Enrollment and Review ER38** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER38.pdf)
4. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB246.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB246.pdf)
## Votes
- DeKay MO199 prevailed — **390** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 38-11-0 — **3811** (pass) · legislature
- Conrad AM882 lost — **1224** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **334** (pass) · legislature
- Agriculture AM226 adopted — **331** (fail) · legislature
## Sponsors
- DeKay — primary (person)
- Brandt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-21** Approved by Governor on May 20, 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 38-11-0 `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-04-30** Enrollment and Review ST28 recorded
- **2025-04-30** Enrollment and Review ST28 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Final Reading Second with ST28 `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Reengrossment
- **2025-04-25** DeKay MO199 prevailed
- **2025-04-24** DeKay MO199 Pursuant to Rule 6, Section 8(b)(1), recommit to Enrollment and Review to correct an error and for reengrossment filed `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-04-22** Conrad AM882 lost
- **2025-04-17** Conrad AM882 pending
- **2025-04-17** Enrollment and Review ER38 adopted
- **2025-04-08** Enrollment and Review ER38 filed `filing`
- **2025-04-08** Placed on Select File with ER38 `filing`
- **2025-04-03** Conrad AM882 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-31** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-03-31** Agriculture AM226 adopted
- **2025-03-17** Agriculture AM226 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Placed on General File with AM226 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-14** Agriculture priority bill
- **2025-02-03** Notice of hearing for February 18, 2025
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Agriculture Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Brandt name added
- **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/aa478355-d700-434d-ae18-3c2cf8009712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).