Nebraska 2026 Session Status: To Executive

LB1096 — The official site of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature

Last action — Approved by Governor on April 16, 2026

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Legislature
  4. 4
    To Executive
  5. 5
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 15, 2026. It awaits signature.

Signed by Governor Jim Pillen (Republican) on April 10, 2026.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Adopt the Preventing Lethal Agricultural and National Threats Act, create restrictions on contracts with foreign principals, authorize the withholding of records, and provide civil penalties

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Date of introduction

  2. Kauth FA755 filed

  3. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  4. DeKay name added

  5. Notice of hearing for February 05, 2026

  6. Bostar priority bill

  7. Bostar AM2313 filed

  8. Notice of hearing for March 05, 2026 on AM2313

  9. Placed on General File with AM2726

  10. Judiciary AM2726 filed

  11. Judiciary AM2726 adopted

  12. Bostar AM2313 withdrawn

  13. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  14. Bostar AM3030 filed

  15. Placed on Select File with ER177

  16. Enrollment and Review ER177 filed

  17. Enrollment and Review ER177 adopted

  18. Kauth FA755 withdrawn

  19. Bostar AM3030 withdrawn

  20. Bostar AM3101 filed

  21. Bostar AM3101 adopted

  22. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  23. Placed on Final Reading

  24. Dispensing of reading at large approved

  25. Passed on Final Reading 34-15*-0

  26. President/Speaker signed

  27. Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026

  28. Approved by Governor on April 16, 2026

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 48 not signed on · 15 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (48)

48 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Final Reading

Passed 34 Yea · 15 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 341500
Total 341500
% of votes cast 69%31%0%0%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Ashlei Spivey — Nay
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Yea
Ben Hansen — Yea
Bob Andersen — Yea
Bob Hallstrom — Yea
Brian Hardin — Yea
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Dan Lonowski — Yea
Dan Quick — Nay
Danielle Conrad — Nay
Dave Murman — Yea
Dave Wordekemper — Yea
Dunixi Guereca — Nay
Eliot Bostar — Yea
Fred Meyer — Yea
George Dungan — Nay
Glen Meyer — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Yea
Jared Storm — Yea
Jason Prokop — Yea
John Arch — Yea
John Cavanaugh — Nay
John Fredrickson — Nay
Kathleen Kauth — Yea
Loren Lippincott — Yea
Machaela Cavanaugh — Nay
Margo Juarez — Nay
Megan Hunt — Nay
Merv Riepe — Nay
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Yea
Paul Strommen — Yea
R. Brad von Gillern — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Yea
Stan Clouse — Yea
Tanya Storer — Yea
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Nay
Tom Brandt — Nay
Tony Sorrentino — Yea
Victor Rountree — Nay
Wendy DeBoer — Nay

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AM 3101 Bostar

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 380011
Total 380011
% of votes cast 78%0%0%22%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Ashlei Spivey — Yea
Barry DeKay — Not Voting
Beau Ballard — Yea
Ben Hansen — Not Voting
Bob Andersen — Yea
Bob Hallstrom — Yea
Brian Hardin — Yea
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Not Voting
Dan Lonowski — Yea
Dan Quick — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Yea
Dave Murman — Yea
Dave Wordekemper — Yea
Dunixi Guereca — Yea
Eliot Bostar — Yea
Fred Meyer — Yea
George Dungan — Yea
Glen Meyer — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Not Voting
Jared Storm — Yea
Jason Prokop — Yea
John Arch — Yea
John Cavanaugh — Not Voting
John Fredrickson — Yea
Kathleen Kauth — Yea
Loren Lippincott — Yea
Machaela Cavanaugh — Not Voting
Margo Juarez — Not Voting
Megan Hunt — Yea
Merv Riepe — Not Voting
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Yea
Paul Strommen — Yea
R. Brad von Gillern — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Not Voting
Stan Clouse — Yea
Tanya Storer — Yea
Teresa Ibach — Yea
Terrell McKinney — Yea
Tom Brandt — Not Voting
Tony Sorrentino — Yea
Victor Rountree — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Not Voting

Official roll call →

ADVANCE TO E&R INITIAL

Passed 31 Yea · 9 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31909
Total 31909
% of votes cast 63%18%0%18%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Ashlei Spivey — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Yea
Ben Hansen — Yea
Bob Andersen — Yea
Bob Hallstrom — Yea
Brian Hardin — Yea
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Dan Lonowski — Not Voting
Dan Quick — Nay
Danielle Conrad — Nay
Dave Murman — Yea
Dave Wordekemper — Yea
Dunixi Guereca — Not Voting
Eliot Bostar — Yea
Fred Meyer — Yea
George Dungan — Nay
Glen Meyer — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Not Voting
Jared Storm — Yea
Jason Prokop — Yea
John Arch — Yea
John Cavanaugh — Not Voting
John Fredrickson — Not Voting
Kathleen Kauth — Yea
Loren Lippincott — Yea
Machaela Cavanaugh — Not Voting
Margo Juarez — Nay
Megan Hunt — Nay
Merv Riepe — Nay
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Yea
Paul Strommen — Yea
R. Brad von Gillern — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Yea
Stan Clouse — Yea
Tanya Storer — Yea
Teresa Ibach — Not Voting
Terrell McKinney — Nay
Tom Brandt — Nay
Tony Sorrentino — Yea
Victor Rountree — Nay
Wendy DeBoer — Not Voting

Official roll call →

AM 2726 Judiciary

Passed 29 Yea · 11 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 291109
Total 291109
% of votes cast 59%22%0%18%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Ashlei Spivey — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Yea
Ben Hansen — Not Voting
Bob Andersen — Yea
Bob Hallstrom — Yea
Brian Hardin — Yea
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Dan Lonowski — Not Voting
Dan Quick — Nay
Danielle Conrad — Nay
Dave Murman — Yea
Dave Wordekemper — Yea
Dunixi Guereca — Not Voting
Eliot Bostar — Yea
Fred Meyer — Yea
George Dungan — Nay
Glen Meyer — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Not Voting
Jared Storm — Yea
Jason Prokop — Yea
John Arch — Yea
John Cavanaugh — Nay
John Fredrickson — Not Voting
Kathleen Kauth — Yea
Loren Lippincott — Yea
Machaela Cavanaugh — Nay
Margo Juarez — Nay
Megan Hunt — Nay
Merv Riepe — Nay
Mike Jacobson — Yea
Mike Moser — Yea
Myron Dorn — Yea
Paul Strommen — Yea
R. Brad von Gillern — Yea
Rick Holdcroft — Yea
Rita Sanders — Yea
Robert Clements — Yea
Robert Dover — Yea
Stan Clouse — Yea
Tanya Storer — Not Voting
Teresa Ibach — Not Voting
Terrell McKinney — Nay
Tom Brandt — Nay
Tony Sorrentino — Yea
Victor Rountree — Nay
Wendy DeBoer — Not Voting

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does LB1096 do?
Adopt the Preventing Lethal Agricultural and National Threats Act, create restrictions on contracts with foreign principals, authorize the withholding of records, and provide civil penalties
Who sponsors LB1096?
LB1096 is sponsored by Eliot Bostar.
What is the current status of LB1096?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 15, 2026. It awaits signature.
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