Nebraska 2026 Session Status: To Executive

LB1187 — The official site of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature

Last action — Approved by Governor on April 16, 2026

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  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 21, 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 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Change provisions of the Livestock Brand Act

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

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Action History

  1. Presented to Governor on April 10, 2026

  2. Approved by Governor on April 16, 2026

  3. Dispensing of reading at large approved

  4. Passed on Final Reading 39-9*-1

  5. President/Speaker signed

  6. Enrollment and Review ER184 adopted

  7. Kauth FA847 withdrawn

  8. Dorn FA963 withdrawn

  9. Hansen FA1043 withdrawn

  10. Jacobson AM3068 adopted

  11. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  12. Placed on Final Reading

  13. Placed on Select File with ER184

  14. Enrollment and Review ER184 filed

  15. Jacobson AM3068 filed

  16. Jacobson AM3037 adopted

  17. Dorn FA962 withdrawn

  18. Hansen FA1042 withdrawn

  19. DeKay AM2503 withdrawn

  20. Agriculture AM2886 adopted

  21. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  22. Jacobson AM3037 to AM2886 filed

  23. Placed on General File with AM2886

  24. Agriculture AM2886 filed

  25. Storm name added

  26. Ibach name added

  27. Holdcroft name added

  28. Meyer, F. name added

  29. Kauth name added

  30. DeKay AM2503 filed

  31. Notice of hearing for March 19, 2026 on AM2503

  32. Hansen FA1042 filed

  33. Hansen FA1043 filed

  34. Dorn priority bill

  35. Dorn FA962 filed

  36. Dorn FA963 filed

  37. Notice of hearing for February 17, 2026

  38. Referred to Agriculture Committee

  39. Kauth FA847 filed

  40. Date of introduction

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 48 not signed on · 9 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 39 Yea · 9 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 39901
Total 39901
% of votes cast 80%18%0%2%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Ashlei Spivey — Yea
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Yea
Ben Hansen — Yea
Bob Andersen — Yea
Bob Hallstrom — Yea
Brian Hardin — Not Voting
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Dan Lonowski — Yea
Dan Quick — Yea
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 — Yea
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 — Yea
Tom Brandt — Yea
Tony Sorrentino — Yea
Victor Rountree — Nay
Wendy DeBoer — Yea

Official roll call →

AM 3068 Jacobson

Passed 36 Yea · 2 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 362011
Total 362011
% of votes cast 73%4%0%22%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Ashlei Spivey — Yea
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Yea
Ben Hansen — Yea
Bob Andersen — Yea
Bob Hallstrom — Yea
Brian Hardin — Not Voting
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Yea
Dan Lonowski — Yea
Dan Quick — Not Voting
Danielle Conrad — Nay
Dave Murman — Yea
Dave Wordekemper — Yea
Dunixi Guereca — Not Voting
Eliot Bostar — Not Voting
Fred Meyer — Yea
George Dungan — Not Voting
Glen Meyer — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Yea
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 — Not Voting
Megan Hunt — Nay
Merv Riepe — Yea
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 — Not Voting
Tom Brandt — Yea
Tony Sorrentino — Yea
Victor Rountree — Not Voting
Wendy DeBoer — Yea

Official roll call →

ADVANCE TO E&R INITIAL

Passed 36 Yea · 4 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36409
Total 36409
% of votes cast 73%8%0%18%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Ashlei Spivey — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Not Voting
Ben Hansen — Yea
Bob Andersen — Yea
Bob Hallstrom — Yea
Brian Hardin — Not Voting
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Not Voting
Dan Lonowski — Yea
Dan Quick — Yea
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 — Yea
Jared Storm — Yea
Jason Prokop — Yea
John Arch — Yea
John Cavanaugh — Nay
John Fredrickson — Not Voting
Kathleen Kauth — Yea
Loren Lippincott — Yea
Machaela Cavanaugh — Not Voting
Margo Juarez — Yea
Megan Hunt — Nay
Merv Riepe — Yea
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 — Not Voting
Tom Brandt — Yea
Tony Sorrentino — Yea
Victor Rountree — Not Voting
Wendy DeBoer — Yea

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AM 2886 Agriculture

Passed 38 Yea · 1 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 381010
Total 381010
% of votes cast 78%2%0%20%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Ashlei Spivey — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Not Voting
Ben Hansen — Yea
Bob Andersen — Yea
Bob Hallstrom — Yea
Brian Hardin — Not Voting
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Not Voting
Dan Lonowski — Yea
Dan Quick — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Nay
Dave Murman — Yea
Dave Wordekemper — Yea
Dunixi Guereca — Not Voting
Eliot Bostar — Yea
Fred Meyer — Yea
George Dungan — Not Voting
Glen Meyer — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Yea
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 — Yea
Megan Hunt — Not Voting
Merv Riepe — Yea
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 — Yea
Tom Brandt — Yea
Tony Sorrentino — Yea
Victor Rountree — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Yea

Official roll call →

Passed 39 Yea · 1 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 39109
Total 39109
% of votes cast 80%2%0%18%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Ashlei Spivey — Not Voting
Barry DeKay — Yea
Beau Ballard — Not Voting
Ben Hansen — Yea
Bob Andersen — Yea
Bob Hallstrom — Yea
Brian Hardin — Not Voting
Carolyn Bosn — Yea
Christy Armendariz — Not Voting
Dan Lonowski — Yea
Dan Quick — Yea
Danielle Conrad — Nay
Dave Murman — Yea
Dave Wordekemper — Yea
Dunixi Guereca — Yea
Eliot Bostar — Yea
Fred Meyer — Yea
George Dungan — Not Voting
Glen Meyer — Yea
Jana Hughes — Yea
Jane Raybould — Yea
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 — Yea
Megan Hunt — Not Voting
Merv Riepe — Yea
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 — Yea
Tom Brandt — Yea
Tony Sorrentino — Yea
Victor Rountree — Yea
Wendy DeBoer — Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does LB1187 do?
Change provisions of the Livestock Brand Act
Who sponsors LB1187?
LB1187 is sponsored by Barry DeKay.
What is the current status of LB1187?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 21, 2026. It awaits signature.
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