LB 696 — Change, provide, and eliminate provisions of the Professional Landscape Architects Act
Last action — Approved by Governor on May 15, 2025
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✓Introduced
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✓Passed Legislature
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2025. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jim Pillen (Republican) on May 15, 2025.
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Mixed recorded votes
2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
259 added · 290 removedPlain-language change summary
The recent amendments to LB 696 update several sections of the Professional Landscape Architects Act. Key changes include the clarification of terms related to the roles and responsibilities of design professionals, as well as adjustments to the licensing and disciplinary processes for landscape architects. These updates aim to streamline regulations and ensure that the standards for practice are clear, which should help improve professional accountability and protect the quality of landscape architecture in Nebraska.
LB696 LB696 2025 LEGISLATURELEGISLATIVE OFBILL NEBRASKA696 ONEApproved HUNDREDby NINTHthe LEGISLATUREGovernor FIRSTMay SESSION15, LEGISLATIVE2025 BILL 696 FINAL READING Introduced by Raybould, 28.
Read firstA timeBILL JanuaryFOR 22,AN 2025ACT Committee:relating to the Professional Landscape Architects Act;
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Professional Landscape Architects Act;
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska, -1- LB696 LB696 2025 Section 1.
(e) Collaboration with architects, professional engineers, and -2- LB696 LB696 2025 professional land surveyors in the design of streets, highways, bridges, buildings, and structures with respect to the functional and aesthetic requirements of the area in which such facilities are to be placed;
81-8,192 The81-8,192 The board shall maintain and make available to the public a complete roster of each professional landscape architect that includes the showing his or her name and last-known address of each professional landscape architect.
The board shall file the roster with the Secretary of State -3- LB696 LB696 2025 annually and may distribute a copy to each professional landscape architect as well as county and municipal officials.
-1- LB696 LB696 2025 81-8,196 (1) Applications for licensure as a professional landscape architect shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the State Board of Landscape Architects.
(c) (d) Passage of an examination on technical and professional -4- LB696 LB696 2025 subjects as prescribed by the board or its equivalent as determined by the board;
(7) (8) The board may adopt the examinations and grading procedures -5- LB696 LB696 2025 of the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards.
81-8,200 Certificates of licensure shall expire on a date established by -2- LB696 LB696 2025 the board and shall become invalid on that date unless -6- LB696 LB696 2025 renewed.
81-8,20681-8,206 (1) (1) The Professional Landscape Architects Act shall not apply to:
(b) Any employee who performs landscape architecture services for -7- LB696 LB696 2025 his or her employer when all such services are completed for a facility owned or operated by the employer and when such services are not offered to the public and do not endanger the public health, safety, or welfare;
(4) The Professional Landscape Architects Act does not prevent a vendor of goods, services, real estate, or materials, including -8- LB696 LB696 2025 nurserypersons, landscape nurserypersons, gardeners, landscape gardeners, landscape designers, general contractors registered under the Contractor Registration Act, landscape contractors, land developers, golf course architects, or golf course designers from providing drawings or graphic diagrams that are necessary for the proper layout or development of the vendor's goods, services, real estate, or materials for public or private land or arranging for the installation of the goods or materials.
81-8,208 (1)81-8,208 (1) The board, after hearing and upon proof satisfactory to the board, may determine by a two-thirds majority vote that any person has violated the Professional Landscape Architects Act or any rule or regulation under the act.
(e) Imposition of a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for -3- LB696 LB696 2025 each offense.
The amount of the penalty shall be based on the -9- LB696 LB696 2025 severity of the violation;
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Action History
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Approved by Governor on May 15, 2025
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Dispensing of reading at large approved
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Passed on Final Reading 47-2*-0
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President/Speaker signed
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Presented to Governor on May 14, 2025
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Placed on Final Reading
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Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
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Placed on Select File
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Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM499 adopted
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Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
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Speaker priority bill
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Placed on General File with AM499
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Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM499 filed
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Notice of hearing for March 06, 2025
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Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
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Date of introduction
Sponsors
- Jane Raybould · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 48 not signed on · 2 voted No
Sponsors (1)
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (48)
48 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 48 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 4% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (49)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| McKeon | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Ashlei Spivey | — | Yea |
| Barry DeKay | — | Nay |
| Beau Ballard | — | Yea |
| Ben Hansen | — | Yea |
| Bob Andersen | — | Yea |
| Bob Hallstrom | — | Yea |
| Brian Hardin | — | Yea |
| Carolyn Bosn | — | Yea |
| Christy Armendariz | — | Nay |
| Dan Lonowski | — | Yea |
| Dan Quick | — | Yea |
| Danielle Conrad | — | Yea |
| Dave Murman | — | Yea |
| Dave Wordekemper | — | Yea |
| Dunixi Guereca | — | Yea |
| Eliot Bostar | — | Yea |
| George Dungan | — | Yea |
| Jana Hughes | — | Yea |
| Jane Raybould | — | Yea |
| Jared Storm | — | Yea |
| Jason Prokop | — | Yea |
| John Arch | — | Yea |
| John Cavanaugh | — | Yea |
| John Fredrickson | — | Yea |
| Kathleen Kauth | — | Yea |
| Loren Lippincott | — | Yea |
| Machaela Cavanaugh | — | Yea |
| Margo Juarez | — | Yea |
| Megan Hunt | — | Yea |
| 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 34 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 34 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| % of votes cast | 69% | 0% | 0% | 31% |
How each member voted (49)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 35 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 35 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| % of votes cast | 71% | 0% | 0% | 29% |
How each member voted (49)
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors LB 696?
- LB 696 is sponsored by Jane Raybould.
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- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 22, 2025. Enacted.
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