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LB 398 — Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers, provide for Arbor Day license plates and certain trailer license plates, change fees and fee distribution provisions for license plates and records requests related to motor vehicles and motor vehicle operators, change provisions relating to commercial driver’s licenses and CLP-commercial learner’s permits, and provide duties for successors in interest of certain railroad property
Last action — Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025
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Signed by Governor Jim Pillen (Republican) on June 06, 2025.
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3119 added · 3588 removedPlain-language change summary
The recent amendments to LB 398 update various motor vehicle laws and align them with current federal regulations. Key changes include the introduction of permanent trailer license plates for commercial fertilizer trailers and new provisions regarding military and veteran-related license plates. Additionally, the fees for organizational license plates will be modified, and the distribution of certain revenue will be updated. These changes matter because they streamline licensing processes and enhance support for veterans while also modernizing the state's motor vehicle laws.
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Sectionto 1.amend sections 37-327.04, 60-3,104.01, 60-3,104.02, 60-3,113, 60-3,122.04, 60-3,151, 60-3,254, 60-495, 60-4,144.01, 60-4,144.02, 60-1506, 74-1335, 75-365, 80-415, 80-416, 80-417, 81-2517, 82-139, and 82-334, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and sections 18-1737, 37-112, 37-327.03, 37-811, 60-107, 60-119.01, 60-169, 60-301, 60-302, 60-302.01, 60-336.01, 60-386, 60-393, 60-395, 60-396, 60-3,101, 60-3,104, 60-3,113.04, 60-3,122.03, 60-3,123, 60-3,124, 60-3,125, 60-3,130.04, 60-3,193.01, 60-3,253, 60-462.01, 60-479.01, 60-483, 60-4,111.01, 60-4,131, 60-4,132, 60-4,134, 60-4,144, 60-4,147.02, 60-4,168, 60-501, 60-628.01, 60-6,265, 60-1509, 60-2705, 60-2909.01, 75-363, 75-364, 75-366, 75-369.03, 75-392, and 75-393, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024;
to adopt updates to federal law and update certain federal references;
to provide for permanent trailer license plates for commercial fertilizer trailers;
to change provisions relating to license plates and provide for the issuance of Arbor Day Plates;
to change the fee for organizational license plates;
to change and provide provisions relating to Military Honor Plates, prisoner-of-war license plates, disabled veteran license plates, and Purple Heart license plates;
to provide duties to the Department of Motor Vehicles;
to increase fees related to records requests;
to change the distribution of certain revenues;
to change provisions relating to commercial driver's licenses and CLP-commercial learner's permits;
to provide duties for the successor in interest of a railroad;
to change civil penalties against certain motor carriers;
to create the Home of Arbor Day Plate Cash Fund and provide for grants from such fund;
to define and redefine terms;
to eliminate obsolete provisions;
to eliminate a fund;
to eliminate provisions relating to certain license plates;
to harmonize provisions;
to provide a duty for the Revisor of Statutes;
to provide operative dates;
to repeal the original sections;
to outright repeal sections 60-3,127, 60-3,129, 60-3,223, 60-3,224, 60-3,225, 60-3,227, 60-3,230, 60-3,231, 60-3,234, 60-3,235, 60-3,238, 60-3,239, 60-3,240, 60-3,242, 60-3,244, 60-3,246, 60-3,248, 60-3,250, 60-3,252, 60-3,255, 60-3,256, 60-3,257, and 60-3,258, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and sections 60-3,128, 60-3,226, 60-3,232, 60-3,233, 60-3,237, 60-3,241, 60-3,243, 60-3,245, 60-3,247, 60-3,249, 60-3,251, 60-3,259, and 60-3,260, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024;
and to declare an emergency.
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska, Section 1.
18-1737 (1)18-1737 (1) Any city or village, any state agency, and any person in lawful possession of any offstreet parking facility may designate stalls or spaces, including access aisles, in such facility owned or operated by the city, village, state agency, or person for the exclusive use of handicapped or disabled persons whose motor vehicles display the distinguishing license plates issued to such individuals pursuant to section 60-3,113, such other handicapped or disabled persons or temporarily handicapped or disabled persons whose motor vehicles display a handicapped or disabled parking permit, and such other motor vehicles which display a handicapped or disabled parking permit.
Such designation shall be made by posting aboveground and immediately adjacent to and visible from each stall or space, including access aisles, a sign which is in conformance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices adopted pursuant to section 60-6,118 and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the federal regulations adopted in response to the act, as the act and the regulations existed on January 1, 2025 2024.
(2) The owner or person in lawful possession of an offstreet parking facility, after notifying the police or sheriff's department, as the case may be, and any city, village, or state agency providing onstreet parking or owning, operating, or providing an offstreet parking facility may cause the removal, from a stall or space, including access aisles, designated exclusively for handicapped or disabled persons or temporarily -1- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 handicapped or disabled persons or motor vehicles for the transportation of handicapped or disabled persons or temporarily handicapped or disabled persons, of any vehicle not displaying the proper handicapped or disabled parking permit or the distinguishing license plates specified in this section if there is posted aboveground and immediately adjacent to and visible from such stall or space, including access aisles, a sign which clearly and conspicuously states the area so designated as a tow-in zone.
(3) A person who parks a vehicle in any onstreet parking space or access aisle which has been designated exclusively for handicapped or disabled persons or temporarily handicapped or disabled persons or motor vehicles for the transportation of handicapped or disabled persons or temporarily handicapped or disabled persons, or in any so exclusively designated parking space or access -1- LB398 LB398 2025 aisle in any offstreet parking facility, without properly displaying the proper license plates or handicapped or disabled parking permit or when the handicapped or disabled person to whom or for whom, as the case may be, the license plate or permit is issued will not enter or exit the vehicle while it is parked in the designated space or access aisle shall be guilty of a handicapped parking infraction as defined in section 18-1741.01 and shall be subject to the penalties and procedures set forth in sections 18-1741.01 to 18-1741.07.
In the case of a privately owned offstreet parking facility, a city or village shall not require the owner or person -2- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 in lawful possession of such facility to inform the city or village of a violation of this section prior to the city or village issuing the violator a handicapped parking infraction citation.
Any money -3- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.
37-327.04 The37-327.04 The Game and Parks Commission Educational Fund is created.
Any money in the Wildlife Conservation Fund available for -4- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.
60-107 Cabin trailer means a trailer or a semitrailer, which is designed, constructed, and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode, or sleeping place, whether used for such purposes or instead permanently or temporarily for the advertising, sale, display, or promotion of merchandise or services or for any -2- LB398 LB398 2025 other commercial purpose except transportation of property for hire or transportation of property for distribution by a private carrier.
and (4) Manufactured home means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or forty body feet or more in length or when erected on site is three hundred twenty or more square feet and which is built on a permanent frame and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure, except that manufactured home includes any -5- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 structure that meets all of the requirements of this subdivision other than the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as such act existed on the date specified in section 9 of this act January 1, 2024, 42 U.S.C.
(i) With a (a) whose maximum speed attainable of is not more than twenty-fivetwenty- five miles per hour on a paved, level surface;
60-169 (1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c) of -6- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 this subsection, each owner of a vehicle and each person mentioned as owner in the last certificate of title, when the vehicle is dismantled, destroyed, or changed in such a manner that it loses its character as a vehicle or changed in such a manner that it is not the vehicle described in the certificate of title, shall surrender his or her certificate of title to any county treasurer or to the department.
For each vehicle required to be reported under 28 C.F.R.
(iv) The name of the person from whom such motor vehicle was obtained, for use only by a law enforcement or other appropriate -7- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 government agency;
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The department may set and collect a fee, not to exceed the cost of reporting to the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System, from wrecker -3- LB398 LB398 2025 or salvage dealers for electronic reporting to the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System, which shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Department of Motor Vehicles Cash Fund.
-8- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (D) A statement that the mobile home or manufactured home is affixed to the real property;
(3) If a mobile home or manufactured home is affixed to real estate -9- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 before June 1, 2006, a person who is the holder of a lien or security interest in both the mobile home or manufactured home and the real estate to which it is affixed on such date may enforce its liens or security interests by accepting a deed in lieu of foreclosure or in the manner provided by law for enforcing liens on the real estate.
-10--4- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP2025 - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (iv) A statement that the mobile home or manufactured home is to be detached from the real property;
(8) Upon cancellation of a certificate of title in the manner prescribed by this section, the county treasurer and the department may cancel and destroy all certificates and all memorandum certificates in -11- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 that chain of title.
60-30160-301 Sections Sections 60-301 to 60-3,236 and sections 13, 33, 34, and 35 of this act 60-3,260 shall be known and may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Registration Act.
-12- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 60-336.01 (1) Low-speed vehicle means any:
(i) With a (a) whose maximum speed attainable of is not more than twenty-fivetwenty- five miles per hour on a paved, level surface;
390.5 through 390.21, as such regulations existed on the date specified in -5- LB398 LB398 2025 section 9 of this act January 1, 2024, and the weight of the motor vehicle or trailer required by the Motor Vehicle Registration Act.
For trailers which are not required to have a certificate of title under section 60-137 and which have no -13- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 identification number, the assignment of an identification number shall be required and the identification number shall be issued by the county treasurer or department.
When electing to establish the same registration period for all such motor vehicles or trailers, the owner shall pay the registration fee, the motor vehicle tax imposed in section 60-3,185, the motor vehicle fee imposed in section 60-3,190, and the alternative fuel fee imposed in section 60-3,191 on each motor vehicle for the number of months necessary to extend its current registration period to the -14- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 registration period under which all such motor vehicles or trailers will be registered.
-15- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (c) When a salvage branded certificate of title is issued;
(4) The registered owner or lessee shall make a claim for refund or credit of the fees and taxes for the unexpired months in the registration period -6- LB398 LB398 2025 within sixty days after the date of the event or shall be deemed to have forfeited the his or her right to such refund or credit.
(d) in the case of a legislative act, -16- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 the effective date of the act;
60-396 Whenever the registered owner files an application with the county treasurer showing that a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is disabled and has been removed from service, the registered owner may, by returning the registration certificate, the license plates, and, when appropriate, the validation decals or, in the case of the unavailability of such registration certificate or certificates, license plates, or validation decals, then by making an affidavit to the county treasurer of such disablement and removal from service, receive a credit for a portion of the registration fee from the fee deposited with the State Treasurer at the time of registration based upon the number of unexpired months remaining in the registration year except as otherwise provided in sections 60-3,104.01, 60-3,121, 60-3,122.02, 60-3,122.04, and 60-3,135.01 and sections 34 and 35 of this act 60-3,128, 60-3,224, 60-3,227, -17- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 60-3,233, 60-3,235, 60-3,238, 60-3,240, 60-3,242, 60-3,244, 60-3,246, 60-3,248, 60-3,250, 60-3,252, 60-3,254, 60-3,256, 60-3,258, and 60-3,260.
60-3,10160-3,101 (1) (1) License plates shall be issued every six years beginning with the license plates issued in the year 2005.
Such validation decals shall bear the year for which issued and be so constructed as to permit them to be permanently affixed -18- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 to the plates.
60-3,10460-3,104 The The department shall issue the following types of license plates:
(7) Choose Life License Plates issued pursuant to sections 60-3,232 and -7- LB398 LB398 2025 60-3,233;
-19- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (12) Donate Life Plates issued pursuant to sections 60-3,245 and 60-3,246;
(20) (27) Motor vehicle license plates for motor vehicles owned or -20- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 operated by the state, counties, municipalities, or school districts issued pursuant to section 60-3,105;
(29) (40) Personalized message license plates for motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers, except motor vehicles, trailers, and -21- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 semitrailers registered under section 60-3,198, issued pursuant to sections 60-3,118 to 60-3,121;
(51) Support the Arts Plates issued pursuant to sections 60-3,251 and -8- LB398 LB398 2025 60-3,252;
-22- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (37) (55) Trailer license plates issued for trailers owned or operated by a metropolitan utilities district or public power district pursuant to section 60-3,228;
(b) An applicant receiving an organizational a specialty license plate for a farm truck with a gross weight of over sixteen tons or for a commercial motor vehicle registered for a gross weight of five tons or -23- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 over shall affix the appropriate tonnage decal to the license plate.
-24- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (b) The county treasurer or the department may issue temporary license stickers to the applicant under this section for the applicant to lawfully operate the vehicle pending receipt of the license plates.
(b) The owner may have the unused portion of the organizational specialty license plate fee credited to the other motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that which will bear the organizational specialty license plates at the rate of eight and one-third percent per month for each full month left in the -9- LB398 LB398 2025 registration period.
-25- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (2) The department shall make applications available pursuant to section 60-3,104.01 for each type of organizational specialty license plate when it is designed.
-26- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (ii) The primary activity or purpose of the organization serves the community, contributes to the welfare of others, and is not offensive or discriminatory in its purpose, nature, activity, or name;
60-3,113 (1) The department shall, without the payment of any fee except the taxes and fees required by sections 60-3,102, 60-3,185, 60-3,190, and 60-3,191, issue license plates for one motor vehicle not used for hire and a license plate for one autocycle or motorcycle not -27- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 used for hire to:
-10- LB398 LB398 2025 (4) (3) The department shall compile and maintain a registry of the names, addresses, and license numbers of all persons who obtain license plates with the internationally accepted wheelchair symbol pursuant to this section and sections 60-3,122.03, 60-3,122.04, 60-3,124, and 60-3,125 special license plates pursuant to this section and all persons who obtain a handicapped or disabled parking permit.
60-3,113.04 (1)60-3,113.04 (1) A handicapped or disabled parking permit shall be of a design, size, configuration, color, and construction and contain such information as specified in the regulations adopted by the United States Department of Transportation in 23 C.F.R.
(2) No handicapped or disabled parking permit shall be issued to any -28- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 person or for any motor vehicle if any permit has been issued to such person or for such motor vehicle and such permit has been suspended pursuant to section 18-1741.02.
(3) There shall be thirteen twelve such designs, one for each of -29- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 such armed forces reflecting its official emblem, official seal, or other official image.
and (ii) The handicap or disability of the handicapped or disabled -30- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 person shall be certified as permanent.
and -11- LB398 LB398 2025 (b) Not use a county designation.
-31- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (b) The department shall make forms available for such applications through the county treasurers.
(v) For the license plate described in subdivision (5)(b) of section 60-3,122.03, a person who is serving or has served in the armed forces of -32- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 the United States and is permanently handicapped or disabled;
(3)(a) When the department receives an application for Military Honor Plates, the department may deliver the plates and registration certificate to the applicant by United States mail or to the county treasurer of the county in which the motor vehicle or trailer is -33- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 registered and the delivery of the plates and registration certificate shall be made through a secure process and system.
If Beginning on an implementation date designated by the director on or before January 1, 2022, if delivery of the plates and registration certificate is made by the department to the applicant, the department may charge a postage and handling fee in an amount not more than necessary to recover the cost of -12- LB398 LB398 2025 postage and handling for the specific items mailed to the registrant.
The owner may have the unused portion of the fee for the plates credited to the other motor vehicle or trailer which will bear the plates at the rate of eight and -34- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 one-third percent per month for each full month left in the registration period.
The license plates shall be issued upon the applicant paying the license plate fee as provided in subsection (3) of this -35- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 section and verification by the Department of Motor Vehicles of an applicant's eligibility using the registry established by the Department of Veterans' Affairs pursuant to section 80-414.
60-3,124 (1)(a)(i)60-3,124 (1)(a)(i) Before January 1, 2026, any (1) Any person who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces, who was discharged or otherwise separated with a characterization of honorable or general (under honorable conditions), and who is classified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as at least ten one hundred percent -36- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 service-connected disabled may, in addition to the application required in section 60-385, apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles for license plates designed by the department to indicate that the applicant is a disabled veteran.
The inscription on the license plates -13- LB398 LB398 2025 shall be D.A.V.
(c) Beginning January 1, 2026, a trust that owns a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer may apply for the license plates described in subdivision (1)(b)(i)(1)(b) (i) or (ii) of this section if a designated beneficiary of the trust qualifies for such license plates.
(2)(a) To (2) In order to be eligible for license plates under this -37- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 section, a person shall register with the Department of Veterans' Affairs pursuant to section 80-414.
(b) To be eligible for the license plates described in subdivision (1)(b)(ii)(1)(b) (ii) of this section, in addition to any other eligibility requirements for such license plates under this section:
(ii) Each application for initial issuance of personalized message disabled veteran license plates shall be accompanied by a fee of forty -38- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 dollars.
The State Treasurer shall credit twenty-five percent of such fee to the Department of Motor Vehicles Cash Fund and seventy-fiveseventy- five percent of such fee to the Nebraska Veteran Cemetery System Operation Fund.
-14- LB398 LB398 2025 60-3,125 (1)(a)(i) (1) Any person may, in addition to the -39- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 application required by section 60-385, apply to the department for license plates designed by the department to indicate that the applicant has received from the federal government an award of a Purple Heart.
The State Treasurer shall credit twenty-five percent of such fee to the Department of Motor Vehicles Cash Fund and seventy-fiveseventy- five percent of such fee to the Nebraska Veteran Cemetery System Operation Fund.
(b)(i) Beginning January 1, 2026, any person may, in addition to the application required by section 60-385, apply to the department for license plates designed by the department to indicate that the applicant -40- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 has received from the federal government an award of a Purple Heart.
Fees collected under this subdivision (1)(b)(ii)(B)(1)(b)(ii)(B)(II) (II) shall be remitted to the State Treasurer.
(III) No license plate fee under section 60-3,102 shall be required for personalized message Purple Heart license plates issued under this section, other than the fee provided for in subdivision (1)(b)(ii)(B)(II) -41- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 of this section.
-15- LB398 LB398 2025 (3) No license plate fee shall be required for license plates under this section.
(4) (5) License plates issued under this section shall not require -42- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 the payment of any additional license plate fees and shall be permanently attached to the vehicle to which the plates are registered as long as the vehicle is properly registered by the applicant annually.
60-3,130.0460-3,130.04 (1) (1) An owner of a historical vehicle eligible for registration under section 60-3,130 may use a license plate or plates designed by this state in the year corresponding to the model year when the vehicle was manufactured in lieu of the license plates designed pursuant to section 60-3,130.03 subject to the approval of the department.
The owner of a -43- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 historical vehicle may use only one plate on the vehicle even for years in which two license plates were issued for vehicles in general.
(4) License plates used pursuant to this section corresponding to the year of manufacture of the vehicle shall not be personalized message license plates, Pearl Harbor license plates, prisoner-of-war license plates, disabled veteran license plates, Purple Heart license plates, amateur radio station license plates, Nebraska Cornhusker Spirit Plates, Nebraska History Plates, handicapped or disabled person license plates, organizational specialty license plates, special interest motor vehicle license plates, Military Honor Plates, or alternate license plates Nebraska 150 Sesquicentennial Plates, Breast Cancer Awareness Plates, Prostate Cancer Awareness Plates, Mountain Lion Conservation Plates, Choose Life License Plates, Czech Heritage Plates, Donate Life Plates, Down Syndrome Awareness Plates, Native American Cultural Awareness and History Plates, Sammy's Superheroes license plates for childhood cancer awareness, Wildlife Conservation Plates, Pets for Vets Plates, Support the Arts Plates, Support Our Troops Plates, The Good Life Is Outside Plates, or Josh the Otter-BeOtter- Be Safe Around Water Plates.
Trailers other than farm trailers of more than nine thousand pounds must be registered as commercial -44- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 trailers;
(5) Farm trailers shall be licensed -16- LB398 LB398 2025 for a fee of one dollar, except that when a farm trailer is used with a registered farm truck, such farm trailer may, at the option of the owner, be registered as a separate unit for a fee of three dollars per ton gross vehicle weight and, if so registered, shall not be considered a truck and trailer combination for purposes of sections 60-3,145 and 60-3,146.
(6) Fertilizer trailers shall be registered for a -45- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 fee of one dollar.
-46- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 60-3,193.01 For purposes of the Motor Vehicle Registration Act, the International Registration Plan is adopted and incorporated by reference as the plan existed on January 1, 2025 2024.
The design specifications of each type of alternate license plate are indicated in section 35 of this act shall reflect the importance of safe walking and biking in Nebraska and the value of our recreational trails.
-47- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (5) (4) The department shall cease to issue a type of alternate license plate listed in section 35 of this act The Good Life Is Outside Plates beginning with the next license plate issuance cycle after the license plate issuance cycle that begins in 2023 pursuant to section 60-3,101 after the first year that such type of alternate license plate was issued by the department if the total number of registered vehicles that obtained such type of alternate license plate plates is less than five hundred per year within any prior consecutive two-year period.
An applicant receiving alternate license plates a The Good Life Is Outside Plate for a farm truck with a gross weight of -17- LB398 LB398 2025 over sixteen tons or for a commercial motor vehicle registered for a gross weight of five tons or over shall affix the appropriate tonnage decal to the license plate.
The State Treasurer shall -48- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 credit five dollars of the fee to the designated recipient of the alternate license plate fee pursuant to section 35 of this act Game and Parks State Park Improvement and Maintenance Fund for the purpose of trail improvement and maintenance.
The county treasurer or the department shall issue the specified alternate license plates The Good -49- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 Life Is Outside Plates in lieu of regular license plates when the applicant complies with the other provisions of the Motor Vehicle Registration Act for registration of the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer.
(7) (6) If the cost of manufacturing a type of alternate license -50- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 plate The Good Life Is Outside Plates at any time exceeds the amount charged for license plates pursuant to section 60-3,102, any money to be credited to the designated recipient of the alternate license plate fee pursuant to section 35 of this act Game and Parks State Park Improvement and Maintenance Fund shall instead be credited first to the Highway Trust Fund in an amount equal to the difference between the manufacturing cost of such type of alternate license plate costs of The Good Life Is Outside Plates and the amount charged pursuant to section 60-3,102 with respect to such license plates and the remainder shall be credited to the designated recipient of the alternate license plate fee pursuant to section 35 of this act Game and Parks State Park Improvement and Maintenance Fund for the purpose of trail improvement and maintenance.
The department shall issue the following types of alternate license plates pursuant to this section, section 60-3,104, and sections 33 and 34 of this act:
-18- LB398 LB398 2025 (1) Arbor Day Plates.
The department shall design such -51- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 license plates to reflect support for the protection of Nebraska's children.
The department shall design such license plates to include the words "Down syndrome awareness" inside a heart-shapedheart- shaped yellow and blue ribbon.
The designated recipient for alternate license -52- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 plate fees for Mountain Lion Conservation Plates is the Game and Parks Commission Educational Fund;
(d) Each application for initial issuance or renewal of Nebraska -53- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 Cornhusker Spirit Plates shall be accompanied by a fee of seventy dollars.
The designated recipient for alternate license plate -19- LB398 LB398 2025 fees for Nebraska History Plates is the Support Nebraska History Cash Fund;
The department shall design such license plates in consultation with the Nebraska Arts Council to reflect -54- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 support for the arts in Nebraska.
Section 60-462.01, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, -55- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 2024, is amended to read:
The criminal history record information check shall include information concerning the applicant from federal repositories of such information -56- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 and repositories of such information in other states, if authorized by federal law.
part 37, as such part existed on the date specified in section 9 of this -20- LB398 LB398 2025 act January 1, 2024, shall not be involved in the recording of verified application information or verified operator's license and state identification card information, involved in the manufacture or production of licenses or cards, or involved in any capacity in which such person would have the ability to affect information on such licenses or cards.
60-483 (1)60-483 (1) The director shall assign a distinguishing number to each operator's license issued and shall keep a record of the same which shall be open to public inspection by any person requesting inspection of such record who qualifies under section 60-2906 or 60-2907.
The department shall, upon request of any requester, furnish a certified abstract of the operating record of any person, in either hard copy or electronically, and shall charge the -57- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 requester a fee of three dollars per abstract.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5) of this section, the The department shall remit any revenue generated under subsections (1) through (5) of this section to the State Treasurer, and except as otherwise provided in subsection (5) of this section, the State Treasurer shall credit forty-one and two-thirds percent to the Department of Motor Vehicles Cash Fund, twenty-five percent to the General Fund, and thirty-three and one-third percent to the Records Management Cash Fund.
For each fifteen-cent fee charged, the department shall remit to the State Treasurer shall credit nine cents to be credited -58- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 to the Department of Motor Vehicles Cash Fund and six cents to be credited as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(8)(8)(a) For (8) Beginning July 1, 2021, for any record provided pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the requester shall be required to pay, in addition to the fee prescribed in such subsection, the following a fee of twelve dollars four dollars and fifty cents per record.record:
(i) For eachrequests feemade charged,prior the department shall remit to theJuly State1, Treasurer2025, eight dollars to Fifty cents shall be credited to the Department of Motor Vehicles Cash Fund and four dollars to shall be credited to the Operator's License Services System Replacement and Maintenancefifty Fund.cents;
(ii) For requests made beginning on July 1, 2025, and prior to July 1, 2029, twelve dollars;
and (iii) For requests made beginning on July 1, 2029, four dollars and fifty cents.
(b) The department shall remit all fees paid under this subsection to the State Treasurer.
The State Treasurer shall credit Fifty cents shall be credited to the Department of Motor Vehicles Cash Fund and four dollars of the fee for each record shall be credited to the Operator's License Services System -21- LB398 LB398 2025 Replacement and Maintenance Fund and the remainder of each such fee to the Department of Motor Vehicles Cash Fund.
The director shall prepare and furnish all forms and information -59- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 necessary under the act.
60-4,111.01 (1)60-4,111.01 (1) The Department of Motor Vehicles, the courts, or law enforcement agencies may store or compile information acquired from an operator's license or a state identification card for their statutorily authorized purposes.
(3)(a) For purposes of compliance with and enforcement of -60- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 restrictions on the purchase of alcohol, lottery tickets, and tobacco products, a retailer who sells any of such items pursuant to a license issued or a contract under the applicable statutory provision may scan machine-readable information encoded on an operator's license or a state identification card presented for the purpose of such a sale.
(c) The retailer or seller shall utilize software that stores only -61- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 the information allowed by this subsection.
1681 et seq., as such act -22- LB398 LB398 2025 existed on the date specified in section 9 of this act January 1, 2024, for the purpose of effecting, administering, or enforcing a transaction requested by the holder of the license or card or preventing fraud or other criminal activity;
used for any marketing or sales purpose by any person, including the retailer -62- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 who obtained the information;
60-4,131 (1)60-4,131 (1) Sections 60-462.01 and 60-4,132 to 60-4,172 shall apply to the operation of any commercial motor vehicle.
or (iv) Removes the commercial driver's license privilege from the -63- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 operator's license;
(e) Endorsement means an authorization to an individual's CLP-CLP-commercial commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license required to permit the individual to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles;
-64- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (j) Medical examiner's certificate means any paper certification or electronic certification that meets a form meeting the requirements of 49 C.F.R.
(i) To an individual domiciled in a foreign country meeting the -23- LB398 LB398 2025 requirements of 49 C.F.R.
(p) Tank vehicle means any commercial motor vehicle that is designed to transport any liquid or gaseous materials within a tank or tanks that have an individual rated capacity of more than one hundred nineteen gallons and an aggregate rated capacity of one thousand gallons or more and that are either permanently or temporarily attached to the vehicle or -65- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 the chassis.
(q) Third-party skills test examiner means a person employed by a third-partythird- party tester who is authorized by this state to administer the commercial driver's license skills tests specified in 49 C.F.R.
(2) disqualifying drivers for specified -66- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 offenses and serious traffic violations;
and -67- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (b) The names of all states where the applicant has been licensed to operate any type of motor vehicle in the ten years prior to the date of application.
-24- LB398 LB398 2025 (b) The applicant's social security number shall not be printed on the CLP-commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license and shall be used only (i) to furnish information to the United States Selective Service System under section 60-483, (ii) with the permission of the director in connection with the certification of the status of an individual's driving record in this state or any other state, (iii) for purposes of child support enforcement pursuant to section 42-358.08 or 43-512.06, (iv) to furnish information regarding an applicant for or holder of a commercial driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement to the Transportation Security Administration of the United States Department of Homeland Security or its agent, (v) to furnish information to the Department of Revenue under section 77-362.02, (vi) to furnish information to the Secretary of State for purposes of the Election Act, or (vii) to query the federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.
(c) No person shall be a holder of a CLP-commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license and a state identification card at the -68- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 same time.
or -69- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (x) Such other documents as the director may approve.
(f)(i) Any person assigned a parolee immigration status by the United States Department of Homeland Security may apply for and be issued a CLP-commercialCLP- commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license that is not in compliance with the federal REAL ID Act of 2005, Public Law 109-13, if the person:
(ii) Any CLP-commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license issued under this subsection is otherwise subject to all laws relating to CLP-commercialCLP- commercial learner's permits or commercial driver's licenses.
(5)(a) Whenever a person, as a nondomiciled individual to this -70- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 state, is renewing, replacing, upgrading, transferring, or applying for a commercial driver's license, or replacing, upgrading, transferring, or applying for a CLP-commercialCLP- commercial learner's permit, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall verify the citizenship in the United States of the person or the lawful status in the United States of the person.
(ii) A certified copy of a birth certificate filed with a state office of vital statistics or equivalent agency in the individual's state of birth, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of -25- LB398 LB398 2025 the Northern Mariana Islands;
(i) If the applicant is domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator has not determined that the commercial motor vehicle operator testing and licensing standards of that jurisdiction meet the standards contained in subparts G and H of 49 -71- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 C.F.R.
If the applicant is applying for a foreign nondomiciled CLP-commercial learner's permit or foreign nondomiciled commercial driver's license, he or she shall provide a Nebraska mailing address and his or her employer's -72- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 mailing address to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(11) Every person who holds any commercial driver's license shall maintain the provide to the department medical certification as required -73- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 by section 60-4,144.01.
(12) Any driver who applies for a commercial driver's license or a CLP-commercialCLP- commercial learner's permit is deemed to have consented to the release of -26- LB398 LB398 2025 information from the federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse in accordance with 49 C.F.R.
60-4,144.01 (1)60-4,144.01 (1) Any person who is applying for a commercial driver's license or CLP-commercial learner's permit shall make a self-self-certification certification under subsection (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this section as required under 49 C.F.R.
391.45 to operate a commercial motor vehicle shall Any nonexcepted holder of a commercial learner's permit or -74- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 commercial driver's license who certifies that he or she will operate a commercial motor vehicle in nonexcepted, interstate commerce must maintain a current medical examiner's certificate and provide a copy of it to the department in order to maintain his or her medical certification status.
part 391, and is therefor not required to obtain a medical examiner's certificate by 49 C.F.R.
(4) Certification shall be made under this subsection for any person who operates or expects to operate (3) A person must certify that he or she operates a commercial motor vehicle only in intrastate commerce and -75- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 therefor is subject to state driver qualification requirements as provided in section 75-363.
(a) Post the driver's self-certification of type of driving under section 60-4,144.01 to the Commercial Driver License Information System driver record 49 C.F.R.
-76- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (vi) The indicator of the medical certification status, either "certified" or "not-certified";
-27- LB398 LB398 2025 (viii) The existence of any medical variance on the medical certificate, such as an exemption letter, Skill Performance Evaluation (SPE) certification, or grandfather provisions;
(2) The department shall, within ten calendar days of the driver's medical certification status expiring or a medical variance expiring or being rescinded, update the medical certification status of that driver as "not-certified"."not- certified".
(3) Within ten calendar days of receiving information from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regarding issuance or renewal -77- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 of a medical variance for a driver, the department shall update the Commercial Driver License Information System driver record to include the medical variance information provided by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
(i) Notify the holder of the commercial driver's license or CLP-CLP-commercial commercial learner's permit of his or her "not-certified" medical certification status and that the CLP-commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license privilege will be removed from the driver's license or permit unless the driver submits a current medical certificate or medical variance or changes his or her self-certification to driving only in excepted or intrastate commerce, if permitted by the department;
383.71(b)(1)(i) 49 -78- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 C.F.R.
383.71(b)(1) or for any driver who self-certifiesself- certifies pursuant to 49 C.F.R.
60-4,147.02 No endorsement authorizing the driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle transporting hazardous materials shall be issued, renewed, or transferred by the Department of Motor Vehicles unless the endorsement is issued, renewed, or transferred in conformance with the requirements of section 1012 of the federal Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate -28- LB398 LB398 2025 Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, USA PATRIOT Act, 49 U.S.C.
-79- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 5103a, including all amendments and federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto as of the date specified in section 9 of this act January 1, 2024, for the issuance of licenses to operate commercial motor vehicles transporting hazardous materials.
or (f) Beginning September 30, 2005, causing a fatality through the -80- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 negligent or criminal operation of a commercial motor vehicle.
(b) A person is disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for a period of not less than sixty days if he or she is convicted in this or any other state of two serious traffic violations, or not less than one hundred twenty days if he or she is convicted in -81- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 this or any other state of three serious traffic violations, arising from separate incidents occurring within a three-year period while operating a motor vehicle other than a commercial motor vehicle if the convictions have resulted in the revocation, cancellation, or suspension of the person's operator's license or driving privileges.
(ii) A person shall be disqualified for not less than one hundred twenty -29- LB398 LB398 2025 days if, during any three-year period, the person is convicted of a second violation described in this subsection in separate incidents.
-82- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (6) A person shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for at least one year if, on or after July 8, 2015, the person has been convicted of fraud related to the issuance of his or her CLP-CLP-commercial commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license.
(7) If the department receives credible information that a CLP-CLP-commercial commercial learner's permit holder or a commercial driver's license holder is suspected, but has not been convicted, on or after July 8, 2015, of fraud related to the issuance of his or her CLP-commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license, the department must require the driver to retake the skills and knowledge tests.
If the CLP-commercial learner's permit holder or commercial driver's license holder fails to make an appointment within thirty days, the department must disqualify his or her CLP-commercialCLP- commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license.
If the driver fails either the knowledge or skills test or does not take the test, the department must disqualify his or her CLP-CLP-commercial commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license.
If the holder of a CLP-commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license has had his or her CLP-commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license disqualified, he or she must reapply for a CLP-commercialCLP- commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license under department procedures applicable to all applicants for a CLP-commercial learner's permit or commercial driver's license.
(9) For purposes of this section, conviction means an unvacated adjudication of guilt, or a determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the law, in a court of original jurisdiction or by -83- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 an authorized administrative tribunal, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court, the payment of a fine or court costs, or a violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether or not the penalty is rebated, suspended, or probated.
-84- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (11) Each period of disqualification imposed under this section shall be served consecutively and separately.
60-50160-501 For For purposes of the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(4) Judgment means any judgment which shall have become final by the expiration of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected without being appealed, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States, (a) upon a cause -30- LB398 LB398 2025 of action arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, or (b) upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for such damages;
-85- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (6)(a) (6) Low-speed vehicle means any:
(A) With a (i) whose maximum speed attainable of is not more than twenty-fivetwenty- five miles per hour on a paved, level surface;
(7) Minitruck means a foreign-manufactured import vehicle or domestic-manufactureddomestic- manufactured vehicle which (a) is powered by an internal combustion engine with a piston or rotor displacement of one thousand five hundred cubic centimeters or less, (b) is sixty-seven inches or less in width, (c) has a dry weight of four thousand two hundred pounds or less, (d) travels on four or more tires, (e) has a top speed of approximately fifty-five miles per hour, (f) is equipped with a bed or compartment for hauling, (g) has an enclosed passenger cab, (h) is equipped with headlights, taillights, turnsignals, windshield wipers, a rearview mirror, and an occupant protection system, and (i) has a four-four-speed, speed, five-speed, or automatic transmission;
(8) Motor vehicle means any self-propelled vehicle which is designed for use upon a highway, including trailers designed for use with such -86- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 vehicles, minitrucks, and low-speed vehicles.
Motor vehicle does not include (a) mopeds as defined in section 60-637, (b) traction engines, (c) road rollers, (d) farm tractors, (e) tractor cranes, (f) power shovels, (g) well drillers, (h) every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead wires but not operated upon rails, (i) electric personal assistive mobility devices as defined in section 60-618.02, (j) off-road designed vehicles, including, but not limited to, golf car vehicles, go-go-carts, carts, riding lawnmowers, garden tractors, all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles as defined in section 60-6,355, minibikes as defined in section 60-636, and snowmobiles as defined in section 60-663, and (k) bicycles as defined in section 60-611;
(14) Proof of financial responsibility means evidence of ability to -87- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of such proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, (a) in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, (b) subject to such limit for one person, in the amount of fifty thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and (c) in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident;
-31- LB398 LB398 2025 60-628.01 (1) Low-speed vehicle means any:
-88- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (i) With a (a) whose maximum speed attainable of is not more than twenty-fivetwenty- five miles per hour on a paved, level surface;
60-150660-1506 (1) (1) For purposes of this section, vehicle means any motor vehicle, trailer, motorboat, all-terrain vehicle, utility-type vehicle, snowmobile, or minibike.
(2) (1) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall keep a record of each motor vehicle , trailer, motorboat, all-terrain vehicle, utility-type vehicle, snowmobile, and minibike registered or titled in this state, alphabetically by name of the owner, with cross reference in each -89- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 instance to the registration number assigned to such motor vehicle , trailer, motorboat, all-terrain vehicle, utility-type vehicle, snowmobile, and minibike.
(3)(a) (2) The department shall issue a copy of the record of a registered or titled motor vehicle , trailer, motorboat, all-terrain vehicle, utility-type vehicle, snowmobile, or minibike to any person after receiving from the person the name on the registration or certificate of title, the license plate number, the vehicle identification or other type of identification number, or the title number of a motor vehicle, trailer, motorboat, all-terrain vehicle, utility-typeutility- type vehicle, snowmobile, or minibike, if the person provides to the department verification of identity and purpose pursuant to section 60-2906 or 60-2907.
(4)(a) (3) The record of each motor vehicle , trailer, motorboat, all-terrainall- terrain vehicle, utility-type vehicle, snowmobile, or minibike registration or title maintained by the department pursuant to this section may be made available electronically through the portal -90- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 established under section 84-1204 so long as the Uniform Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act is not violated.
and -32- LB398 LB398 2025 (B) Beginning July 1, 2026, thirty-five dollars;
and (C) For each fee paid under subdivision (c)(ii)(B) of this subsection, seventeen dollars per one thousand records for any number of records over two thousand to the License Plate Cash Fund and the -91- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 remainder of such fee to the Records Management Cash Fund.
If a manufacturer has established or participates in a dispute settlement procedure certified by the Director of Motor Vehicles within -92- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 the guidelines of such standards, the provisions of section 60-2703 concerning refunds or replacement shall not apply to any consumer who has not first resorted to such a procedure.
(2) For use in connection with any civil, criminal, administrative, or arbitral proceeding in any federal, state, or local court or governmental agency or before any self-regulatory body, including service of process, investigation in anticipation of litigation, and execution or enforcement of judgments and orders, or pursuant to an order of a federal, state, or local court, an administrative agency, or a self-self-regulatory regulatory body;
31301 et seq., as such act existed on January 1, 2025 2024, or pursuant to -93- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 sections 60-4,132 and 60-4,141;
74-1335 (1) For purposes of this section, successor in interest includes any agent, successor, assignee, trustee, receiver, or other person acquiring -33- LB398 LB398 2025 interests or rights in railroad land, including the owner or holder of any servient estate or right of reversion relating to railroad land.
-94-75-363 ER46(1) ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 75-363 (1) The parts, subparts, and sections of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations listed below, as modified in this section, or any other parts, subparts, and sections referred to by such parts, subparts, and sections, in existence and effective as of the date specified in section 75-365 January 1, 2024, are adopted as Nebraska law.
-95- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (e) Part 390 - FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS;
-96- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 (7) Part 393 - PARTS AND ACCESSORIES NECESSARY FOR SAFE OPERATION and Part 396 - INSPECTION, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE shall not apply to fertilizer and agricultural chemical application and distribution equipment transported in -34- LB398 LB398 2025 units with a capacity of three thousand five hundred gallons or less.
(a) The transportation of such agricultural commodities is from the -97- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 source of the commodities to a location within a one-hundred-fifty-air-one-hundred-fifty-air-mile mile radius of the source of the commodities;
(b) The transportation of such farm supplies is from a wholesale or retail distribution point of the farm supplies to a farm or other location where the farm supplies are intended to be used which is within a one-hundred-fifty-air-mileone-hundred-fifty-air- mile radius of the wholesale or retail distribution point;
390.21 - Marking of self-propelled CMVs and intermodal equipment shall not apply to farm trucks and farm truck-truck-tractors tractors registered pursuant to section 60-3,146 and operated solely in intrastate commerce.
(1) Part 107 - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAM PROCEDURES, subpart F - -98- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 Registration of Cargo Tank and Cargo Tank Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Assemblers, Repairers, Inspectors, Testers, and Design Certifying Engineers;
Any -99- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 officer of the Nebraska State -35- LB398 LB398 2025 Patrol shall have the authority to enforce the federal motor carrier safety regulations, as such regulations existed on the date specified in section 75-365 January 1, 2024, and federal hazardous materials regulations, as such regulations existed on the date specified in section 75-365 January 1, 2024, and is authorized to enter upon, inspect, and examine any and all lands, buildings, and equipment of any motor carrier, any shipper, and any other person subject to the federal Interstate Commerce Act, the federal Department of Transportation Act, and other related federal laws and to inspect and copy any and all accounts, books, records, memoranda, correspondence, and other documents of a motor carrier, a shipper, and any other person subject to Chapter 75, article 3, for the purposes of enforcing Chapter 75, article 3.
(2) The superintendent shall issue an order imposing a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed twenty thousand seventeen nineteen thousand three hundred eighty-nine dollars against a motor carrier transporting -100- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 persons or property in interstate commerce for a violation of subdivision (2)(e) of section 60-4,162 based upon a conviction of such a violation.
(3) The superintendent shall issue an order imposing a civil penalty against a driver operating a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in section 60-465, that requires a commercial driver's license or CLP-CLP-commercial commercial learner's permit, in violation of an out-of-service order.
(4) The superintendent shall issue an order imposing a civil penalty against a motor carrier who knowingly allows, requires, permits, or authorizes the operation of a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in section 60-465, that requires a commercial driver's license or CLP-CLP-commercial commercial learner's permit, in violation of an out-of-service order.
The civil penalty shall be not less than six thousand nine hundred seventy-seventy-four four six thousand seven hundred fifty-five dollars but not more than thirty-eight thousand six hundred twelve thirty-seven thousand four hundred dollars per violation.
-101- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 75-392 For purposes of sections 75-392 to 75-3,100:
Section 80-416, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended -36- LB398 LB398 2025 to read:
The department shall use the money -102- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 credited to the Pets for Vets Cash Fund under section 35 of this act 60-3,250 to award grants to carry out the purposes of such program.
The Nebraska State -103- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 Historical Society shall administer and distribute the Support Nebraska History Cash Fund.
82-334 (1)82-334 (1) The Support the Arts Cash Fund is created.
(1) The Home of Arbor Day Plate Cash Fund is created and -104- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 shall be administered by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.
The Home of Arbor Day Plate Cash Fund shall include money credited pursuant to section 35 of this act, gifts, grants, private contributions, and other sources.
Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 39, 56, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, and 76 of this act become operative three calendar months after the adjournment of this legislative session.
Original sections 37-327.04, 60-3,104.01, 60-3,104.02, 60-3,113, 60-3,122.04, 60-3,151, 60-3,254, 60-495, 74-1335, 80-415, 80-416, 80-417, 81-2517, 82-139, and 82-334, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and sections -37- LB398 LB398 2025 37-112, 37-327.03, 37-811, 60-301, 60-302, 60-393, 60-395, 60-396, 60-3,101, 60-3,104, 60-3,122.03, 60-3,123, 60-3,124, 60-3,125, 60-3,130.04, and 60-3,253, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, are repealed.
Original sections 60-4,144.01, 60-4,144.02, and 75-365, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and sections 18-1737, 60-107, 60-119.01, 60-169, 60-302.01, 60-336.01, 60-386, 60-3,113.04, -105- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 60-3,193.01, 60-462.01, 60-479.01, 60-4,111.01, 60-4,131, 60-4,132, 60-4,134, 60-4,144, 60-4,147.02, 60-4,168, 60-501, 60-628.01, 60-6,265, 60-2705, 60-2909.01, 75-363, 75-364, 75-366, 75-369.03, 75-392, and 75-393, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, are repealed.
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to amend sections 37-327.04, 60-3,104.01, 60-3,104.02, 60-3,113, 60-3,122.04, 60-3,151, 60-3,254, 60-495, 60-4,144.01, 60-4,144.02, 60-1506, 74-1335, 75-365, 80-415, 80-416, 80-417, 81-2517, 82-139, and 82-334, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and sections 18-1737, 37-112, 37-327.03, 37-811, 60-107, 60-119.01, 60-169, 60-301, 60-302, 60-302.01, 60-336.01, 60-386, 60-393, 60-395, 60-396, 60-3,101, 60-3,104, 60-3,113.04, 60-3,122.03, 60-3,123, 60-3,124, 60-3,125, 60-3,130.04, 60-3,193.01, 60-3,253, 60-462.01, 60-479.01, 60-483, 60-4,111.01, 60-4,131, 60-4,132, 60-4,134, 60-4,144, 60-4,147.02, 60-4,168, 60-501, 60-628.01, 60-6,265, 60-1509, 60-2705, 60-2909.01, 75-363, 75-364, 75-366, 75-369.03, 75-392, and 75-393, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024;
to adopt updates to federal law and update certain federal references;
to provide for permanent trailer license plates for commercial fertilizer trailers;
to change provisions relating to license plates and provide for the issuance of Arbor Day Plates;
to change the fee for organizational license plates;
to -106- ER46 ER46 LB398 LB398 MJP - 04/18/2025 MJP - 04/18/2025 change and provide provisions relating to Military Honor Plates, prisoner-of-war license plates, disabled veteran license plates, and Purple Heart license plates;
to provide duties to the Department of Motor Vehicles;
to increase fees related to records requests;
to change the distribution of certain revenues;
to change provisions relating to commercial driver's licenses and CLP-commercial learner's permits;
to provide duties for the successor in interest of a railroad;
to change civil penalties against certain motor carriers;
to create the Home of Arbor Day Plate Cash Fund and provide for grants from such fund;
to define and redefine terms;
to eliminate obsolete provisions;
to eliminate a fund;
to eliminate provisions relating to certain license plates;
to harmonize provisions;
to provide a duty for the Revisor of Statutes;
to provide operative dates;
to repeal the original sections;
to outright repeal sections 60-3,127, 60-3,129, 60-3,223, 60-3,224, 60-3,225, 60-3,227, 60-3,230, 60-3,231, 60-3,234, 60-3,235, 60-3,238, 60-3,239, 60-3,240, 60-3,242, 60-3,244, 60-3,246, 60-3,248, 60-3,250, 60-3,252, 60-3,255, 60-3,256, 60-3,257, and 60-3,258, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and sections 60-3,128, 60-3,226, 60-3,232, 60-3,233, 60-3,237, 60-3,241, 60-3,243, 60-3,245, 60-3,247, 60-3,249, 60-3,251, 60-3,259, and 60-3,260, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024;
and to declare an emergency.".
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The bill makes extensive amendments to motor vehicle laws in Nebraska, including updates to license plate regulations, funding for conservation, and changes to parking for disabled persons.
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18-1737
the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the federal regulations adopted in response to the act, as the act and the regulations existed on January 1, 2025→ the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the federal regulations adopted in response to the act, as the act and the regulations existed on January 1, 2024Changes the reference date for federal regulations related to handicapped parking from 2025 to 2024.
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37-112
pursuant to section 35 of this act→ pursuant to section 60-3,258Updates the source of funding for the Josh the Otter-Be Safe Around Water Cash Fund to reflect a specific statute.
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37-327.03
pursuant to section 35 of this act→ pursuant to section 60-3,254Clarifies the source of funding for the Game and Parks State Park Improvement and Maintenance Fund.
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37-327.04
pursuant to section 35 of this act→ pursuant to section 60-3,227Specifies the funding source for the Game and Parks Commission Educational Fund.
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37-811
pursuant to section 35 of this act→ pursuant to section 60-3,238Identifies the funding source for the Wildlife Conservation Fund.
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60-107
the advertising, sale, display, or promotion of merchandise or services or for any other commercial purpose except transportation of property for hire or transportation of property for distribution by a private carrier.→ the advertising, sale, display, or promotion of merchandise or services or for any other commercial purpose.Modifies the definition of a cabin trailer regarding its use for commercial purposes.
Action History
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Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025
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Provisions/portions of LB114 amended into LB398 by AM842
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Provisions/portions of LB134 amended into LB398 by AM842
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Provisions/portions of LB175 amended into LB398 by AM765
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Provisions/portions of LB343 amended into LB398 by AM842
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Provisions/portions of LB563 amended into LB398 by AM842
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Provisions/portions of LB568 amended into LB398 by AM842
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Presented to Governor on May 29, 2025
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Cavanaugh, M. MO297 withdrawn
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Motion to return to Select File pending
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Motion to return to Select File failed
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Hallstrom AM1509 not considered
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Dispensing of reading at large approved
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Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 45-4-0
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President/Speaker signed
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Cavanaugh, M. MO297 Recommit to the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee filed
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Hallstrom AM1509 filed
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Placed on Final Reading Second
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Ballard AM1464 filed
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Returned to Select File for specific amendment
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Ballard AM1464 adopted
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Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Reengrossment
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Placed on Final Reading
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Enrollment and Review ER46 adopted
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Cavanaugh, M. MO198 Bracket until May 6, 2025 filed
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Cavanaugh, M. MO198 withdrawn
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Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
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Placed on Select File with ER46
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Enrollment and Review ER46 filed
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Moser AM842 adopted
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Hallstrom AM765 adopted
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Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
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Moser AM842 filed
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Hallstrom AM765 filed
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Transportation and Telecommunications priority bill
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Placed on General File
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Notice of hearing for February 03, 2025
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Referred to Transportation and Telecommunications Committee
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Date of introduction
Sponsors
- Mike Moser · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 48 not signed on · 24 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Mike Moser Voted No
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (48)
48 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 21 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 21 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| % of votes cast | 43% | 29% | 0% | 29% |
How each member voted (49)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 8% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (49)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| McKeon | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Ashlei Spivey | — | Yea |
| 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 | — | Yea |
| Danielle Conrad | — | Yea |
| Dave Murman | — | Yea |
| Dave Wordekemper | — | Yea |
| Dunixi Guereca | — | Yea |
| Eliot Bostar | — | Yea |
| George Dungan | — | Nay |
| Jana Hughes | — | Yea |
| Jane Raybould | — | Yea |
| Jared Storm | — | Yea |
| Jason Prokop | — | Yea |
| John Arch | — | Yea |
| John Cavanaugh | — | Nay |
| John Fredrickson | — | Yea |
| Kathleen Kauth | — | Yea |
| Loren Lippincott | — | Yea |
| Machaela Cavanaugh | — | Yea |
| 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 | — | Nay |
| Tom Brandt | — | Yea |
| Tony Sorrentino | — | Yea |
| Victor Rountree | — | Yea |
| Wendy DeBoer | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 31 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 31 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 63% | 20% | 0% | 16% |
How each member voted (49)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 29 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 29 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 59% | 24% | 0% | 16% |
How each member voted (49)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 39 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| % of votes cast | 80% | 0% | 0% | 20% |
How each member voted (49)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 39 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| % of votes cast | 80% | 0% | 0% | 20% |
How each member voted (49)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 39 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| % of votes cast | 80% | 0% | 0% | 20% |
How each member voted (49)
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