LB 948 — Change provisions of the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act, change fees under the Pesticide Act, rename and change provisions of the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Act, eliminate the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act, terminate a fund, and eliminate provisions relating to certain associations and societies
Last action — Provisions/portions of LB947 amended into LB948 by AM1976
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jim Pillen (Republican) on March 17, 2026.
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The latest version of Bill LB 948 includes several important changes related to agriculture. These amendments update various sections of existing laws, change fees under the Plant Protection and Pesticide Acts, and transition the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Act to also include "beneficial substances." Additionally, the bill eliminates the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act and the Weed Book Cash Fund, streamlining agricultural regulations and funding while potentially enhancing the use of beneficial substances in farming practices. These changes matter because they aim to modernize agricultural regulations, improve efficiency, and promote new agricultural innovations.
ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM2026 -LEGISLATIVE 03/02/2026BILL MMM948 -Approved 03/02/2026by Ethe ANDGovernor RMarch AMENDMENTS16, TO2026 LB 948 Introduced by Guereca,Agriculture 7,Committee: Chairman Enrollment and Review 1.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to agriculture;
to amend sections 2-1091, 2-1091.02, 2-1095, 2-10,117, 2-2634, 2-3401, 2-4323, 2-4324, 49-1499.02, 81-201, 81-2,162.01, 81-2,162.02, 81-2,162.03, 81-2,162.04, 81-2,162.05, 81-2,162.06, 81-2,162.07, 81-2,162.11, 81-2,162.12, 81-2,162.13, 81-2,162.14, 81-2,162.15, 81-2,162.16, 81-2,162.17, 81-2,162.18, 81-2,162.20, 81-2,162.21, 81-2,162.22, 81-2,162.23, 81-2,162.25, 81-2,162.26, 81-2,162.27, and 81-2,162.28, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and section 2-958, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024;
to change provisions and fees under the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act;
to provide for the transfer of funds from the Nebraska Potato Development Fund;
to change fees under the Pesticide Act;
to change powers of the Department of Agriculture relating to the Weeds of the Great Plains book;
to provide for the transfer of funds and the elimination of the Weed Book Cash Fund;
to terminate the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act;
to change the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Act to the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Beneficial Substances Act;
to define and redefine terms;
to provide for the use of beneficial substances;
to change and provide provisions of the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Beneficial Substances Act relating to registration of products, package labeling, fees, distribution, and manufacturing;
to change the Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners Administrative Fund to the Fertilizers and Beneficial Substances Administrative Fund and change provisions relating to such fund;
to eliminate references to soil conditioners;
to eliminate provisions relating to certain agricultural associations or societies, certain qualifying organizations, the Nebraska Dairymen's Association, the State Horticultural Society, the Nebraska Livestock Feeders and Breeders Association, the Nebraska Home Economics Association of Organized Agriculture, the Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture Association, the Nebraska Poultry Improvement Association, the Nebraska Potato Council, and certain appropriations authorization;
to eliminate obsolete provisions;
to harmonize provisions;
to repeal the original sections;
to outright repeal sections 2-2801, 2-2802, 2-2803, 2-2804, 2-2805, 2-2806, 2-2807, 2-2809, 2-2810, 2-2811, 2-2812, and 81-201.05, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska;
and to declare an emergency.
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska, Section 1.
Until January 1, 2025, the fund -1- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 may also be used to defray all reasonable and necessary costs related to the administration of the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act.
2-1091 For2-1091 For the purpose of implementation or enforcement of the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act or any rule or regulation, the department may:
(1) Enter at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner without being subject to any action for trespass or damages, if reasonable care is exercised, -1- LB948 LB948 2026 all property where plants are grown, packed, held prior to distribution, or distributed for the purpose of inspecting all plants, structures, vehicles, equipment, packing materials, containers, records, and labels on such property or otherwise implementing or enforcing the act.
(5) Issue a written or printed withdrawal-from-distribution order -2- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 and post signs to delineate sections not marked pursuant to subsection (3) of section 2-1095 or sections of distribution locations and to notify persons of any withdrawal-from-distribution order when the department has reasonable cause to believe any lot of nursery stock is being distributed in violation of the act or any rule or regulation;
The department may accept the inspections of laboratories authorized by the department or field inspectors of the -3- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 department;
2-1091.02 (1) Fees under License fees for the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act that are due on January 1, 2027 2014, shall be the amount -4- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 in column A of subsection (3) of this section.
The director shall use the fees in column A of subsection (3) of this section as a base for future fee increases -2- LB948 LB948 2026 or decreases.
Fees A B Nursery stock distributor license as set forth in section 2-1091.01 for the first acre $140 $180 Fee for additional acres $39 per acre $50 per acre Inspection fees due under section $39 per hour $50 per hour 2-1091 or 2-1095 $0.70 per mile $1.00 per mile Phytosanitary or export certificates -5- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 $106 per set forth in section 2-1091 $60 per certificate $106 per certificate European corn borer quarantine certification license set forth in $65 per license, $80 per license, section 2-1091 annually annually European corn borer $25 for $35 for certificate packet of 25 packet of 25 Quarantine compliance agreements as set $65 per agreement, $80 per agreement, forth in section 2-1091 annually annually License Fees A B Nursery stock distributor license as set forth in section 2-1091.01 for the first acre $115 $140 Fee for additional acres $5.00 per acre $6.00 per acre Distributing without 25% of the fee obtaining a nursery per month up to stock distributor 100% of the license fee license fee (4) Other fees for the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act under subsection (5) of this section in effect on January 1, 2014, shall be the amount in column A of such subsection.
The department may increase or decrease -3- LB948 LB948 2026 such fees by rules or regulations adopted and promulgated by the department.
-6- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 Other Fees A B Certification fee for nursery stock growing acres as set forth in Included in section 2-1095 license fee Late applications for certification of nursery $24 per hour $27 per hour stock growing acres $0.42 per mile $0.50 per mile Reinspections or requested inspections $24 per hour $27 per hour for nursery stock $0.42 per mile $0.50 per mile Phytosanitary or $30 per certificate $40 per export certificates and $7 for taking certificate and set forth in an application $10 for taking section 2-1091 by telephone an application by telephone Phytosanitary or export certificate inspections and $24 per hour $27 per hour reinspections $0.42 per mile $0.50 per mile European corn borer quarantine certification license set forth in $50 per license, $65 per license, section 2-1091 annually annually European corn borer $6.25 for $10.00 for certificate packet of 25 packet of 25 Quarantine compliance agreements as set $50 per agreement $65 per agreement forth in section 2-1091 annually annually -7- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 Quarantine compliance agreement inspections $24 per hour $27 per hour and reinspections $0.42 per mile $0.50 per mile (4) A person that is distributing without first obtaining a nursery stock distributor license shall pay an additional fee of twenty-five percent of the license fee that is due for each month that such person failed to obtain such license.
The purpose of the additional -4- LB948 LB948 2026 administrative fee is to cover the administrative costs associated with collecting fees, and all money collected as an additional administrative fee shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Cash Fund.
(2)(a) Applications for certification inspection of Nebraska-grown nursery stock that are due on January 1 pursuant to section 2-1091.01 and -8- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 are not received prior to February 1 and initial applications not received prior to beginning of distribution shall be considered delinquent.
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(6) The department may require the treatment or destruction of any nursery stock that is infested or infected with plant pests, nonviable, damaged, or desiccated to the point of not being reasonably capable of -9- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 growth.
-10-2-2634 ER127(1) ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 2-2634 (1) As a condition to registration or renewal of registration as required by sections 2-2628 to 2-2633, an applicant shall pay to the department a fee of two hundred one hundred sixty dollars for each pesticide to be registered, except that the fee may be increased or decreased by rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to the Pesticide Act.
-5- LB948 LB948 2026 (b) Fifty dollars of such fee to the Buffer Strip Incentive Fund as provided in section 2-5106;
(3) If a person fails to apply for renewal of registration before January 1 of any year, such person, as a condition to renewal, shall pay a late registration fee equal to twenty-five percent of the fee due and owing per month, not to exceed one hundred percent, for each product to be renewed in addition to the renewal fee.
Section 2-3413,2-3401, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended to read:
2-34132-3401 (1)Sections The2-3401 State Treasurer is hereby directed to establish2-3416 inshall the treasury of the State of Nebraska a fund to be known as the Nebraska Poultry and Eggmay Development, Utilization, and Marketing Fund, to which -11- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 shall be creditedcited allas fees collected by the department pursuant to the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act.
AfterThe appropriation,Nebraska thePoultry Directorand ofEgg AdministrativeResources ServicesAct shall,terminates upon receipt of proper vouchers approved by the director, issue warrants on suchDecember fund31, including2027. refund payments authorized by section 2-3409 and the State Treasurer shall pay the warrants out of the money credited to such fund.
Any money 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.
(2) The department may accept grants, contributions, or other funds from any private or federal, state, or other public source to be used to administer the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act and to conduct programs under such act.
(3) On or before December 31, 2026, the State Treasurer shall transfer all money in the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Fund to the Nebraska Agricultural Products Marketing Cash Fund.
(4) This section terminates on January 1, 2027.
2-43232-4323 (1) (1) Every retailer licensee shall file, not later than the last day of January and July of each year, a semiannual tonnage report on forms provided by the department, setting forth the number of net tons of each agricultural liming material sold in Nebraska during the preceding six-month period, which report shall cover the periods from July 1 to December 31 and January 1 to June 30, and such other information as the director shall deem necessary.
The inspection fee shall be at the rate fixed by the -12- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 director but not exceeding ten cents per ton.
2-43242-4324 All All fees paid to the department pursuant to the Agricultural Liming Materials Act shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit -13- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 to the Fertilizers and Beneficial Substances Soil Conditioners Administrative Fund.
-6- LB948 LB948 2026 (2) This section does not prevent such a person from (a) making or participating in the making of a governmental decision to the extent that the individual's participation is legally required for the action or decision to be made or (b) making or participating in the making of a governmental decision if the potential conflict of interest is based upon a business association and the business association exists only as the -14- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 result of his or her position on a commodity board.
and (g) Prior to January 1, 2028, Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Committee;
and (g) (h) Dry Pea and Lentil Commission.
By January 1, 2027, the State Treasurer shall transfer all money in the Weed Book Cash Fund to -15- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 the Noxious Weed Cash Fund.
(1) Beneficial substance means any claimed or advertised substance -16- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 that can be demonstrated by scientific research to be beneficial to soil, media, or at least one species of plant.
-7- LB948 LB948 2026 (4) Bulk means nonpackaged;
(7) (6) Distribute means to offer for sale, sell, barter, or otherwise supply commercial fertilizers or beneficial substances soil -17- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 conditioners;
(12) Microorganism means any microbiological organism or mixture of microbiological organisms that is intended to produce any physical, chemical, biochemical, or biological change, or any other change, in soil and is recognized by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials in its official publication;
(18) (17) Soil conditioner means any formula or product distributed, -18- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 except unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, which, when added to the soil, is intended to (a) change the physical condition of the soil or (b) produce a favorable growth, yield, or quality of crops or other soil characteristics but shall not mean a commercial fertilizer, a pesticide as defined in the Pesticide Act, or an agricultural liming material as defined in the Agricultural Liming Materials Act;
(d) The name and principal address of the person whose name appears -19- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 on the label, if different than the registrant;
All ingredients shall be subject to the inspection fee requirements of section 81-2,162.06 except those ingredients -8- LB948 LB948 2026 brought to the manufacturer by the ultimate user for custom blending.
81-2,162.04 (1) Beginning on and after January 1, 2027, any Any packaged beneficial substance soil conditioner distributed in this state, except custom-blendedcustom- blended products, shall have placed on or affixed to the package a label stating clearly and conspicuously (a) the net weight or measure of the product, (b) the information required by subdivisions (1)(1)(c) (c) and (d) of section 81-2,162.03, (c) the total percentage of all -20- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 active ingredients in the beneficial substance soil conditioner, (d) the identification and percentage of each individual active ingredient, (e) the total percentage of the inactive ingredients, (f) the identification and percentage of each individual inactive ingredient which comprises more than two percent of the entire beneficial substance soil conditioner, and (g) under a category entitled other inactive ingredients, the total percentage of the remaining inactive ingredients which individually do not comprise two percent or more of the beneficial substance, and (h) for any product that claims to contain any microorganism, the expiration date for use of the product and any required storage conditions for the product soil conditioner.
(2) If any beneficial substance soil conditioner is distributed in bulk, a written or printed statement of the weight and the information required by subdivisions (1)(c) and (d) of section 81-2,162.03 and by subdivisions (1)(c) through (h) (g) of this section shall accompany delivery and be supplied to the purchaser.
-21- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 (a) The net weight or measure of the product;
(i) Specialty products may be guaranteed in fractional units of less -22- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 than one percent of the total nitrogen, available phosphate, and soluble potash;
(4) Custom-blended products shall bear a tag or invoice stating the name -9- LB948 LB948 2026 and principal address of the manufacturer, the name and address of the purchaser, and the net weight or measure and the composition of the product by weight or percentage of ingredients used.
(1) There shall be paid to the director, for all commercial fertilizers and soil conditioners distributed in this state to the ultimate user, except custom-blended products, an inspection fee at the rate fixed by the director but not exceeding fifteen cents per -23- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 ton.
(b) Beginning on and after January 1, 2027, any person who distributes any commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance to the ultimate user in this state shall file, not later than July 31, 2027, and -24- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 each July 31 thereafter, and January 31, 2028, and January 31 of each year thereafter, a semiannual tonnage report on forms provided by the department setting forth the number of net tons of commercial fertilizer and beneficial substances distributed in this state during the preceding six-month period and such other information as the director deems necessary.
(c) All persons required to be licensed pursuant to the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Beneficial Substances Soil Conditioner Act shall file such report regardless of whether any inspection fee is due.
(6) No information furnished to the department under this section shall be disclosed in such a way as to reveal the operation of any -25- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 person.
(a) For purposes of inspection, enter any location, vehicle, or both in which commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance is fertilizers and soil conditioners are manufactured, processed, packed, transported, or held for -10- LB948 LB948 2026 distribution during normal business hours, except that in the event that any such location or vehicle is such locations and vehicles are not open to the public, the director shall present his or her credentials and obtain consent before making entry to such location or vehicle thereto unless a search warrant has previously been obtained.
and -26- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 (d) Make analyses of and test samples obtained pursuant to subdivision (c) of this subsection to determine whether such commercial fertilizers and beneficial substances soil conditioners are in compliance with the act.
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81-2,162.14 The director may issue and enforce a written or printed stop-sale,stop- sale, stop-use, or removal order to the owner or custodian of any lot of commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance soil conditioner and may require the owner or custodian to hold any lot at a designated place when the director has reason to believe the product is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Beneficial Substances Soil Conditioner Act -28- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 until the law has been complied with and such product is released in writing by the director or the violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority.
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81-2,162.15 Any81-2,162.15 Any lot of commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance soil conditioner not in compliance with the provisions of the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Beneficial Substances Soil Conditioner Act shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the director to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which such product is located.
If it appears -29- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 after such hearing, either in the presence or absence of the person so notified, that any of the provisions of the act or rules and regulations issued thereunder have been violated, the director may certify the facts to the county attorney of the county in which the violation occurred or to the Attorney General, as the case may be.
81-2,162.1781-2,162.17 Any Any person violating any provisions of the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Beneficial Substances Soil Conditioner Act or the rules and regulations issued thereunder, or who shall impede, obstruct, hinder, or otherwise prevent or attempt to prevent the director in the performance of his or her duty pursuant to the act, shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.
Section 81-2,162.21, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, -30- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 is amended to read:
Any out-of-stateout-of- state manufacturer or distributor who has no distribution facility within this state shall obtain a license for his or her principal out-of-state office if he or she markets or distributes any commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance soil conditioners in the State of Nebraska.
Licenses shall be renewed on or before -31- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 January 1 of each year.
(4) Persons distributing custom-blended products shall maintain records of -12- LB948 LB948 2026 purchase orders received for custom-blended products from the date such orders are received until such products are distributed, which records shall be sufficient to show the product ordered, date of such order, purchaser, and quantity of product ordered.
or (5) Any word, statement, or other information required by the act or the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the act to appear -32- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 on the label is not prominently displayed with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, on the label, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by an individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
Money in the fund so received shall be used -33- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 by the department for defraying the expenses of administering the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Beneficial Substances Soil Conditioner Act, and the Agricultural Liming Materials Act, and any other plant health program that is administered by the department.
No political subdivision shall prohibit or in any other manner regulate any matter relating to the registration, labeling, -34- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 or sale of any fertilizer or beneficial -13- LB948 LB948 2026 substance and soil conditioners.
SectionOriginal 37sections 2-1091, 2-1091.02, 2-1095, 2-10,117, 2-2634, 2-3401, 2-4323, 2-4324, 49-1499.02, 81-201, 81-2,162.01, 81-2,162.02, 81-2,162.03, 81-2,162.04, 81-2,162.05, 81-2,162.06, 81-2,162.07, 81-2,162.11, 81-2,162.12, 81-2,162.13, 81-2,162.14, 81-2,162.15, 81-2,162.16, 81-2,162.17, 81-2,162.18, 81-2,162.20, 81-2,162.21, 81-2,162.22, 81-2,162.23, 81-2,162.25, 81-2,162.26, 81-2,162.27, and 81-2,162.28, Reissue Revised Statutes of thisNebraska, actand becomessection operative2-958, onRevised JanuaryStatutes 1,Cumulative 2027.Supplement, 2024, are repealed.
The other sections of this act become operative on their effective date.
Original sections 2-1091, 2-1091.02, 2-1095, 2-10,117, 2-2634, 2-3413, 2-4323, 2-4324, 49-1499.02, 81-201, 81-2,162.01, 81-2,162.02, 81-2,162.03, 81-2,162.04, 81-2,162.05, 81-2,162.06, 81-2,162.07, 81-2,162.11, 81-2,162.12, 81-2,162.13, 81-2,162.14, 81-2,162.15, 81-2,162.16, 81-2,162.17, 81-2,162.18, 81-2,162.20, 81-2,162.21, 81-2,162.22, 81-2,162.23, 81-2,162.25, 81-2,162.26, 81-2,162.27, and 81-2,162.28, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and section 2-958, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, are repealed.
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Sections 2-3401,2-2801, 2-3402,2-2802, 2-3403,2-2803, 2-3404,2-2804, 2-3405,2-2805, 2-3406,2-2806, 2-3407,2-2807, 2-3411,2-2809, 2-3415,2-2810, 2-2811, 2-2812, and 2-3416,81-201.05, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska.
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The following sections are outright repealed:
Sections 2-2801, 2-2802, 2-2803, 2-2804, 2-2805, 2-2806, 2-2807, 2-2809, 2-2810, 2-2811, 2-2812, 2-3408, 2-3409, 2-3410, 2-3412, 2-3414, and 81-201.05, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska.
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On page 1, strike beginning with "2-3413" in line 1 through line 22 and insert "2-1091, 2-1091.02, 2-1095, 2-10,117, 2-2634, 2-3413, 2-4323, 2-4324, 49-1499.02, 81-201, 81-2,162.01, 81-2,162.02, 81-2,162.03, 81-2,162.04, 81-2,162.05, 81-2,162.06, 81-2,162.07, 81-2,162.11, 81-2,162.12, 81-2,162.13, 81-2,162.14, 81-2,162.15, 81-2,162.16, 81-2,162.17, 81-2,162.18, 81-2,162.20, 81-2,162.21, 81-2,162.22, 81-2,162.23, 81-2,162.25, 81-2,162.26, 81-2,162.27, and 81-2,162.28, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and section 2-958, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024;
to change provisions and fees under the Plant Protection and Plant Pest Act;
to provide for the transfer of funds from the Nebraska Potato Development Fund;
to change fees under the Pesticide Act;
to change powers of the Department of Agriculture relating to the Weeds of the Great Plains book;
to provide for the transfer of funds and the termination of the Weed Book Cash Fund;
to provide for the transfer of funds from and the termination of the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Fund;
to change the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Act to the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Beneficial Substances Act;
to define and redefine terms;
to provide for the use of beneficial substances;
to change and provide provisions of the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Beneficial Substances Act relating to registration of products, package labeling, fees, distribution, and manufacturing;
to change the Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners Administrative Fund to the Fertilizers and Beneficial Substances Administrative Fund and change provisions relating to such fund;
to eliminate references to soil conditioners;
to eliminate provisions relating to certain agricultural associations or societies, certain qualifying organizations, the Nebraska Dairymen's Association, the State Horticultural Society, the Nebraska Livestock Feeders and Breeders Association, the Nebraska Home Economics Association of Organized Agriculture, the Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture Association, the Nebraska Poultry Improvement Association, the Nebraska -36- ER127 ER127 LB948 LB948 MMM - 03/02/2026 MMM - 03/02/2026 Potato Council, and certain appropriations authorization;
to eliminate the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act;
to eliminate obsolete provisions;
to harmonize provisions;
to repeal the original sections;
to outright repeal sections 2-2801, 2-2802, 2-2803, 2-2804, 2-2805, 2-2806, 2-2807, 2-2809, 2-2810, 2-2811, 2-2812, 2-3401, 2-3402, 2-3403, 2-3404, 2-3405, 2-3406, 2-3407, 2-3408, 2-3409, 2-3410, 2-3411, 2-3412, 2-3414, 2-3415, 2-3416, and 81-201.05, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska;
and to declare an emergency.".
3. On page 2, strike lines 1 through 11.
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Action History
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Provisions/portions of LB947 amended into LB948 by AM1976
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Approved by Governor on March 16, 2026
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Dispensing of reading at large approved
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Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 35-10*-4
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President/Speaker signed
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Presented to Governor on March 12, 2026
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Placed on Final Reading with ST59
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Enrollment and Review ST59 filed
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Enrollment and Review ST59 recorded
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Enrollment and Review ER127 adopted
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Kauth FA604 withdrawn
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DeKay AM2368 adopted
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Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
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DeKay AM2368 filed
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Placed on Select File with ER127
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Enrollment and Review ER127 filed
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DeKay AM2101 withdrawn
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DeKay AM2169 to AM1976 filed
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DeKay AM2169 adopted
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Agriculture AM1976 adopted
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Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
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Agriculture priority bill
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Placed on General File with AM1976
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Agriculture AM1976 filed
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DeKay AM2101 to AM1976 filed
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Notice of hearing for January 27, 2026
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Referred to Agriculture Committee
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Kauth FA604 filed
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Date of introduction
Sponsors
- Agriculture Committee · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 48 not signed on · 11 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Agriculture Committee
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 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 35 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 71% | 20% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (49)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Ashlei Spivey | — | Yea |
| Barry DeKay | — | Yea |
| Beau Ballard | — | Nay |
| Bob Andersen | — | Nay |
| Bob Hallstrom | — | Yea |
| Brian Hardin | — | Yea |
| Carolyn Bosn | — | Yea |
| Cavanaugh, J. | — | Nay |
| Cavanaugh, M. | — | Nay |
| Christy Armendariz | — | Yea |
| Dan Lonowski | — | Yea |
| Dan Quick | — | Yea |
| Danielle Conrad | — | Nay |
| Dave Murman | — | Yea |
| Dave Wordekemper | — | Yea |
| Dunixi Guereca | — | Yea |
| Eliot Bostar | — | Not Voting |
| George Dungan | — | Not Voting |
| Hansen, B. | — | Yea |
| Jana Hughes | — | Yea |
| Jane Raybould | — | Yea |
| Jared Storm | — | Nay |
| Jason Prokop | — | Yea |
| John Arch | — | Yea |
| John Fredrickson | — | Yea |
| Kathleen Kauth | — | Yea |
| Loren Lippincott | — | Yea |
| Margo Juarez | — | Yea |
| Megan Hunt | — | Nay |
| Merv Riepe | — | Yea |
| Meyer, F. | — | Yea |
| Meyer, G. | — | Yea |
| Mike Jacobson | — | Not Voting |
| Mike Moser | — | Yea |
| Myron Dorn | — | Yea |
| Paul Strommen | — | Nay |
| Rick Holdcroft | — | Yea |
| Rita Sanders | — | Yea |
| Robert Clements | — | Yea |
| Robert Dover | — | Yea |
| Stan Clouse | — | Yea |
| Tanya Storer | — | Nay |
| Teresa Ibach | — | Yea |
| Terrell McKinney | — | Nay |
| Tom Brandt | — | Yea |
| Tony Sorrentino | — | Yea |
| Victor Rountree | — | Yea |
| Wendy DeBoer | — | Not Voting |
| von Gillern | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 27 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Total | 27 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| % of votes cast | 55% | 0% | 0% | 45% |
How each member voted (49)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 26 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Total | 26 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| % of votes cast | 53% | 4% | 0% | 43% |
How each member voted (49)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 34 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 34 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| % of votes cast | 69% | 2% | 0% | 29% |
How each member voted (49)
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