Nebraska 2025 Session Status: To Executive

LB246 — The official site of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature

Last action — Approved by Governor on May 20, 2025

  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 14, 2025. It awaits signature.

Signed by Governor Jim Pillen (Republican) on May 14, 2025.

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

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · 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.

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

Prohibit cultivated-protein food products under the Nebraska Pure Food Act and provide a deceptive trade practice

Bill Text

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

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Action History

  1. Date of introduction

  2. Brandt name added

  3. Referred to Agriculture Committee

  4. Notice of hearing for February 18, 2025

  5. Agriculture priority bill

  6. Placed on General File with AM226

  7. Agriculture AM226 filed

  8. Agriculture AM226 adopted

  9. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  10. Conrad AM882 filed

  11. Placed on Select File with ER38

  12. Enrollment and Review ER38 filed

  13. Enrollment and Review ER38 adopted

  14. Conrad AM882 pending

  15. Conrad AM882 lost

  16. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  17. Placed on Final Reading

  18. DeKay MO199 Pursuant to Rule 6, Section 8(b)(1), recommit to Enrollment and Review to correct an error and for reengrossment filed

  19. DeKay MO199 prevailed

  20. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Reengrossment

  21. Placed on Final Reading Second with ST28

  22. Enrollment and Review ST28 filed

  23. Enrollment and Review ST28 recorded

  24. Dispensing of reading at large approved

  25. Passed on Final Reading 38-11-0

  26. President/Speaker signed

  27. Presented to Governor on May 14, 2025

  28. Approved by Governor on May 20, 2025

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 48 not signed on

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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Subjects

public-safety agriculture
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Frequently asked questions

What does LB246 do?
Prohibit cultivated-protein food products under the Nebraska Pure Food Act and provide a deceptive trade practice
Who sponsors LB246?
LB246 is sponsored by Barry DeKay.
What is the current status of LB246?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 14, 2025. It awaits signature.
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