Bill Commons

NE LB 644

enacted

Adopt the Foreign Adversary and Terrorist Agent Registration Act and the Crush Transnational Repression in Nebraska Act, provide requirements under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act for conduct relating to certain foreign entities, change provisions of the Foreign Adversary Contracting Prohibition Act, and regulate storage and remote access of genetic sequencing data

Nebraska · 2026 Regular Session (109th Legislature, 2nd Session) · legislature

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Quick answers

Did NE LB 644 pass?

Yes. NE LB 644 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-06): Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025

What is NE LB 644 about?

NE LB 644 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session (109th Legislature, 2nd Session) titled “Adopt the Foreign Adversary and Terrorist Agent Registration Act and the Crush Transnational Repression in Nebraska Act, provide requirements under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act for conduct relating to certain foreign entities, change provisions of the Foreign Adversary Contracting Prohibition Act, and regulate storage and remote access of genetic sequencing data”.

Who sponsors NE LB 644?

Bostar is the primary sponsor of NE LB 644, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-01-22
Latest action
2025-06-06 — Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Bostarprimary
  • Sanderscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-06

    Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025

    executive-signature

  2. 2025-05-30

    Dispensing of reading at large approved

  3. 2025-05-30

    Passed on Final Reading 37-11-1

    passage

  4. 2025-05-30

    President/Speaker signed

    passage

  5. 2025-05-30

    Presented to Governor on May 30, 2025

    executive-receipt

  6. 2025-05-19

    Placed on Final Reading with ST40

    reading-3

  7. 2025-05-19

    Enrollment and Review ST40 filed

    filing

  8. 2025-05-19

    Enrollment and Review ST40 recorded

  9. 2025-05-14

    Enrollment and Review ER80 adopted

  10. 2025-05-14

    McKinney MO201 withdrawn

  11. 2025-05-14

    McKinney MO202 withdrawn

  12. 2025-05-14

    Conrad FA142 withdrawn

  13. 2025-05-14

    Bostar AM1208 withdrawn

  14. 2025-05-14

    Andersen AM1205 adopted

  15. 2025-05-14

    Cavanaugh, J. AM1351 withdrawn

  16. 2025-05-14

    Cavanaugh, J. AM1455 filed

    filing

  17. 2025-05-14

    Cavanaugh, J. AM1455 adopted

  18. 2025-05-14

    Cavanaugh, J. AM1456 filed

    filing

  19. 2025-05-14

    Cavanaugh, J. AM1456 withdrawn

  20. 2025-05-14

    Dungan FA230 filed

    filing

  21. 2025-05-14

    Dungan FA230 lost

  22. 2025-05-14

    Cavanaugh, M. MO254 Reconsider the vote taken on FA230 filed

    filing

  23. 2025-05-14

    Cavanaugh, M. MO254 withdrawn

  24. 2025-05-14

    Cavanaugh, J. FA233 filed

    filing

  25. 2025-05-14

    Cavanaugh, J. FA233 lost

  26. 2025-05-14

    Cavanaugh, J. AM1460 filed

    filing

  27. 2025-05-14

    Cavanaugh, J. AM1460 withdrawn

  28. 2025-05-14

    Bostar FA234 filed

    filing

  29. 2025-05-14

    Bostar FA234 adopted

  30. 2025-05-14

    Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  31. 2025-05-13

    Placed on Select File with ER80

    filing

  32. 2025-05-13

    Enrollment and Review ER80 filed

    filing

  33. 2025-05-12

    Cavanaugh, J. AM1351 filed

    filing

  34. 2025-05-09

    Andersen AM1205 refiled

    filing

  35. 2025-05-08

    McKinney MO200 pending

  36. 2025-05-08

    McKinney MO200 failed

  37. 2025-05-08

    Cavanaugh, M. MO237 Reconsider the vote taken on MO200 filed

    filing

  38. 2025-05-08

    Cavanaugh, M. MO237 withdrawn

  39. 2025-05-08

    No objections to unanimous consent to withdraw and substitute amendment

  40. 2025-05-08

    Conrad FA141 withdrawn

  41. 2025-05-08

    Conrad AM1306 lost

  42. 2025-05-08

    No objections to unanimous consent to withdraw and substitute amendment

  43. 2025-05-08

    Bostar AM1199 withdrawn

  44. 2025-05-08

    Bostar AM1272 adopted

  45. 2025-05-08

    Andersen AM1205 withdrawn

  46. 2025-05-08

    Dungan FA199 to AM959 filed

    filing

  47. 2025-05-08

    Dungan FA199 lost

  48. 2025-05-08

    Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM959 adopted

  49. 2025-05-08

    Conrad FA138 withdrawn

  50. 2025-05-08

    Conrad FA139 withdrawn

  51. 2025-05-08

    Conrad FA140 withdrawn

  52. 2025-05-08

    Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  53. 2025-05-07

    Bostar AM1272 to AM959 filed

    filing

  54. 2025-05-07

    Conrad AM1306 to AM959 filed

    filing

  55. 2025-04-29

    Andersen AM1205 to AM959 filed

    filing

  56. 2025-04-28

    Conrad FA138 filed

    filing

  57. 2025-04-28

    Conrad FA139 filed

    filing

  58. 2025-04-28

    Conrad FA140 filed

    filing

  59. 2025-04-28

    Conrad FA141 to AM959 filed

    filing

  60. 2025-04-28

    Conrad FA142 filed

    filing

  61. 2025-04-28

    Bostar AM1199 to AM959 filed

    filing

  62. 2025-04-28

    Bostar AM1208 to AM959 filed

    filing

  63. 2025-04-24

    Placed on General File with AM959

    committee-passage

  64. 2025-04-24

    Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM959 filed

    filing

  65. 2025-04-24

    McKinney MO200 Indefinitely postpone pursuant to Rule 6, Sec. 3(f) filed

    filing

  66. 2025-04-24

    McKinney MO201 Bracket until June 9, 2025 filed

    filing

  67. 2025-04-24

    McKinney MO202 Recommit to the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee filed

    filing

  68. 2025-03-14

    Bostar priority bill

  69. 2025-02-21

    Sanders name added

  70. 2025-02-11

    Notice of hearing for February 19, 2025

  71. 2025-01-24

    Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

    referral-committee

  72. 2025-01-22

    Date of introduction

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Dungan FA199 lost

    2025-05-08 · fail · 9-30

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Cavanaugh, J.: yes
    • Dungan: yes
    • Juarez: yes
    • Cavanaugh, M.: yes
    • Fredrickson: yes
    • McKinney: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Guereca: yes
    • Rountree: yes
    • Andersen: no
    • DeKay: no
    • Kauth: no
    • Sorrentino: no
    • Arch: no
    • Dorn: no
    • Lippincott: no
    • Storer: no
    • Armendariz: no
    • Dover: no
    • Lonowski: no
    • Storm: no
    • Ballard: no
    • Hallstrom: no
    • McKeon: no
    • Strommen: no
    • Bostar: no
    • Hansen: no
    • Meyer: no
    • von Gillern: no
    • Brandt: no
    • Hardin: no
    • Murman: no
    • Wordekemper: no
    • Clements: no
    • Holdcroft: no
    • Riepe: no
    • Clouse: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Sanders: no
    • Bosn: excused
    • Hunt: excused
    • Jacobson: excused
    • Raybould: excused
    • DeBoer: excused
    • Ibach: excused
    • Moser: excused
    • Spivey: excused
    • Prokop: abstain
    • Quick: abstain
  • Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM959 adopted

    2025-05-08 · fail · 31-1

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • DeKay: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Lippincott: yes
    • Sorrentino: yes
    • Armendariz: yes
    • Dover: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Storer: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Hallstrom: yes
    • McKeon: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Bostar: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Strommen: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Murman: yes
    • von Gillern: yes
    • Clements: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • McKinney: no
    • Bosn: excused
    • Hunt: excused
    • Jacobson: excused
    • Raybould: excused
    • DeBoer: excused
    • Ibach: excused
    • Moser: excused
    • Spivey: excused
    • Cavanaugh, J.: abstain
    • Dungan: abstain
    • Juarez: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, M.: abstain
    • Fredrickson: abstain
    • Quick: abstain
    • Conrad: abstain
    • Guereca: abstain
    • Rountree: abstain
  • Bostar AM1272 adopted

    2025-05-08 · fail · 32-1

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • DeKay: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Armendariz: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Lippincott: yes
    • Sorrentino: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Dover: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Storer: yes
    • Bosn: yes
    • Hallstrom: yes
    • McKeon: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Bostar: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Murman: yes
    • Strommen: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • von Gillern: yes
    • Clements: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Quick: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Meyer: no
    • DeBoer: excused
    • Ibach: excused
    • Moser: excused
    • Spivey: excused
    • Hunt: excused
    • Jacobson: excused
    • Raybould: excused
    • Cavanaugh, J.: abstain
    • Dungan: abstain
    • Juarez: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, M.: abstain
    • Fredrickson: abstain
    • McKinney: abstain
    • Conrad: abstain
    • Guereca: abstain
    • Rountree: abstain
  • Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    2025-05-08 · pass · 30-2

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • DeKay: yes
    • Lippincott: yes
    • Sorrentino: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Storer: yes
    • Armendariz: yes
    • Dover: yes
    • McKeon: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Hallstrom: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Strommen: yes
    • Bostar: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Murman: yes
    • von Gillern: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Clements: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Juarez: no
    • McKinney: no
    • Bosn: excused
    • Hunt: excused
    • Jacobson: excused
    • Raybould: excused
    • DeBoer: excused
    • Ibach: excused
    • Moser: excused
    • Spivey: excused
    • Cavanaugh, J.: abstain
    • Dungan: abstain
    • Hughes: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, M.: abstain
    • Fredrickson: abstain
    • Quick: abstain
    • Conrad: abstain
    • Guereca: abstain
    • Rountree: abstain
  • Conrad AM1306 lost

    2025-05-08 · fail · 10-27

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Cavanaugh, J.: yes
    • Dungan: yes
    • Juarez: yes
    • Spivey: yes
    • Cavanaugh, M.: yes
    • Fredrickson: yes
    • McKinney: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Rountree: yes
    • Andersen: no
    • Clouse: no
    • Kauth: no
    • Sorrentino: no
    • Arch: no
    • DeKay: no
    • Lippincott: no
    • Storer: no
    • Ballard: no
    • Dorn: no
    • Lonowski: no
    • Storm: no
    • Bosn: no
    • Dover: no
    • McKeon: no
    • Strommen: no
    • Bostar: no
    • Hallstrom: no
    • Meyer: no
    • von Gillern: no
    • Brandt: no
    • Hardin: no
    • Murman: no
    • Wordekemper: no
    • Clements: no
    • Holdcroft: no
    • Sanders: no
    • DeBoer: excused
    • Ibach: excused
    • Moser: excused
    • Hunt: excused
    • Jacobson: excused
    • Raybould: excused
    • Armendariz: abstain
    • Hansen: abstain
    • Quick: abstain
    • Guereca: abstain
    • Prokop: abstain
    • Riepe: abstain
  • McKinney MO200 failed

    2025-05-08 · fail · 1-30

    Member-level votes (49)
    • McKinney: yes
    • Andersen: no
    • DeKay: no
    • Lippincott: no
    • Sanders: no
    • Arch: no
    • Dorn: no
    • Lonowski: no
    • Sorrentino: no
    • Ballard: no
    • Dover: no
    • McKeon: no
    • Storm: no
    • Bosn: no
    • Hansen: no
    • Meyer: no
    • Strommen: no
    • Bostar: no
    • Hardin: no
    • Moser: no
    • von Gillern: no
    • Brandt: no
    • Holdcroft: no
    • Murman: no
    • Wordekemper: no
    • Clements: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Prokop: no
    • Clouse: no
    • Kauth: no
    • Riepe: no
    • Armendariz: excused
    • Hallstrom: excused
    • Ibach: excused
    • Raybould: excused
    • DeBoer: excused
    • Hunt: excused
    • Jacobson: excused
    • Storer: excused
    • Cavanaugh, J.: abstain
    • Dungan: abstain
    • Juarez: abstain
    • Spivey: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, M.: abstain
    • Fredrickson: abstain
    • Quick: abstain
    • Conrad: abstain
    • Guereca: abstain
    • Rountree: abstain
  • Andersen AM1205 adopted

    2025-05-14 · fail · 25-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • DeKay: yes
    • Lippincott: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Sorrentino: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Hallstrom: yes
    • McKeon: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Bosn: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Strommen: yes
    • Bostar: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Ibach: yes
    • Murman: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • Jacobson: excused
    • Armendariz: abstain
    • Dover: abstain
    • Hunt: abstain
    • Rountree: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, J.: abstain
    • Dungan: abstain
    • Juarez: abstain
    • Spivey: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, M.: abstain
    • Fredrickson: abstain
    • McKinney: abstain
    • Storer: abstain
    • Clements: abstain
    • Guereca: abstain
    • Prokop: abstain
    • von Gillern: abstain
    • Conrad: abstain
    • Hansen: abstain
    • Quick: abstain
    • Wordekemper: abstain
    • DeBoer: abstain
    • Hardin: abstain
    • Raybould: abstain
  • Dungan FA230 lost

    2025-05-14 · fail · 12-19

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Cavanaugh, J.: yes
    • Dungan: yes
    • Juarez: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Fredrickson: yes
    • McKinney: yes
    • Rountree: yes
    • DeBoer: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Raybould: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Andersen: no
    • Clouse: no
    • Ibach: no
    • Murman: no
    • Ballard: no
    • DeKay: no
    • Kauth: no
    • Sorrentino: no
    • Bosn: no
    • Dorn: no
    • Lippincott: no
    • von Gillern: no
    • Bostar: no
    • Hallstrom: no
    • Meyer: no
    • Wordekemper: no
    • Clements: no
    • Holdcroft: no
    • Moser: no
    • Dover: excused
    • Jacobson: excused
    • Arch: abstain
    • Guereca: abstain
    • Lonowski: abstain
    • Spivey: abstain
    • Armendariz: abstain
    • Hansen: abstain
    • McKeon: abstain
    • Storer: abstain
    • Brandt: abstain
    • Hardin: abstain
    • Prokop: abstain
    • Storm: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, M.: abstain
    • Hughes: abstain
    • Quick: abstain
    • Strommen: abstain
  • Bostar FA234 adopted

    2025-05-14 · fail · 29-4

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Sorrentino: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • DeBoer: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Spivey: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Bostar: yes
    • Dungan: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • von Gillern: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Guereca: yes
    • Quick: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Cavanaugh, J.: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • Cavanaugh, M.: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Rountree: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Juarez: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Armendariz: no
    • Clements: no
    • Jacobson: no
    • McKeon: no
    • Bosn: abstain
    • Hallstrom: abstain
    • Ibach: abstain
    • Murman: abstain
    • DeKay: abstain
    • Hansen: abstain
    • Kauth: abstain
    • Raybould: abstain
    • Dover: abstain
    • Hardin: abstain
    • Lippincott: abstain
    • Storer: abstain
    • Fredrickson: abstain
    • Hunt: abstain
    • McKinney: abstain
    • Strommen: abstain
  • Cavanaugh, J. FA233 lost

    2025-05-14 · fail · 18-23

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Bostar: yes
    • DeBoer: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Raybould: yes
    • Cavanaugh, J.: yes
    • Dover: yes
    • Juarez: yes
    • Rountree: yes
    • Cavanaugh, M.: yes
    • Dungan: yes
    • McKinney: yes
    • Spivey: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Fredrickson: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Guereca: yes
    • Quick: yes
    • Andersen: no
    • DeKay: no
    • Kauth: no
    • Sorrentino: no
    • Armendariz: no
    • Dorn: no
    • McKeon: no
    • Storer: no
    • Ballard: no
    • Hardin: no
    • Meyer: no
    • Storm: no
    • Bosn: no
    • Holdcroft: no
    • Moser: no
    • Strommen: no
    • Brandt: no
    • Ibach: no
    • Murman: no
    • von Gillern: no
    • Clements: no
    • Jacobson: no
    • Sanders: no
    • Arch: abstain
    • Hansen: abstain
    • Lippincott: abstain
    • Riepe: abstain
    • Hallstrom: abstain
    • Hunt: abstain
    • Lonowski: abstain
    • Wordekemper: abstain
  • Cavanaugh, J. AM1455 adopted

    2025-05-14 · fail · 32-1

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Raybould: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • DeKay: yes
    • Juarez: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • Bostar: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Rountree: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Dungan: yes
    • McKinney: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Cavanaugh, J.: yes
    • Fredrickson: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Sorrentino: yes
    • Cavanaugh, M.: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • Storer: yes
    • Clements: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • von Gillern: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Quick: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Bosn: no
    • Dover: excused
    • Jacobson: excused
    • Armendariz: abstain
    • Hallstrom: abstain
    • Lippincott: abstain
    • Storm: abstain
    • Ballard: abstain
    • Hansen: abstain
    • McKeon: abstain
    • Strommen: abstain
    • DeBoer: abstain
    • Ibach: abstain
    • Murman: abstain
    • Guereca: abstain
    • Kauth: abstain
    • Spivey: abstain
  • Passed on Final Reading 37-11-1

    2025-05-30 · pass · 37-11

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • Dover: yes
    • Lippincott: yes
    • Sorrentino: yes
    • Armendariz: yes
    • Guereca: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Storer: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Hallstrom: yes
    • McKeon: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Bosn: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Strommen: yes
    • Bostar: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • von Gillern: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Murman: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Clements: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Ibach: yes
    • Quick: yes
    • DeKay: yes
    • Jacobson: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • Cavanaugh, J.: no
    • DeBoer: no
    • Juarez: no
    • Rountree: no
    • Cavanaugh, M.: no
    • Dungan: no
    • McKinney: no
    • Spivey: no
    • Conrad: no
    • Fredrickson: no
    • Raybould: no
    • Hunt: excused

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