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NE LB 646

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Provide an exemption from brand inspections and change fees under the Livestock Brand Act

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

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Did NE LB 646 pass?

No. NE LB 646 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-04-17): Indefinitely postponed

What is NE LB 646 about?

NE LB 646 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session (109th Legislature, 2nd Session) titled “Provide an exemption from brand inspections and change fees under the Livestock Brand Act”.

Who sponsors NE LB 646?

Ibach is the primary sponsor of NE LB 646.

Introduced
2025-01-22
Latest action
2026-04-17 — Indefinitely postponed
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Ibachprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-17

    Indefinitely postponed

    committee-failure

  2. 2026-01-07

    Title printed. Carryover bill

  3. 2025-05-27

    Placed on Final Reading with ST42

    reading-3

  4. 2025-05-27

    Enrollment and Review ST42 filed

    filing

  5. 2025-05-27

    Enrollment and Review ST42 recorded

  6. 2025-05-21

    Enrollment and Review ER41 adopted

  7. 2025-05-21

    Storer MO280 Bracket until June 9, 2025 filed

    filing

  8. 2025-05-21

    Storer MO280 withdrawn

  9. 2025-05-21

    Ibach FA95 withdrawn

  10. 2025-05-21

    Ibach AM1342 withdrawn

  11. 2025-05-21

    Jacobson AM1558 filed

    filing

  12. 2025-05-21

    Storer FA270 to AM1558 filed

    filing

  13. 2025-05-21

    Storer FA270 withdrawn

  14. 2025-05-21

    Ibach FA271 to AM1558 filed

    filing

  15. 2025-05-21

    Ibach FA271 adopted

  16. 2025-05-21

    Jacobson AM1558 adopted

  17. 2025-05-21

    Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

  18. 2025-05-08

    Ibach AM1342 filed

    filing

  19. 2025-04-10

    Ibach FA95 filed

    filing

  20. 2025-04-08

    Placed on Select File with ER41

    filing

  21. 2025-04-08

    Enrollment and Review ER41 filed

    filing

  22. 2025-04-02

    Agriculture AM638 pending

  23. 2025-04-02

    Objection to unanimous consent request to substitute amendment

  24. 2025-04-02

    Ibach MO151 Withdraw FA52 and substitute AM829 filed

    filing

  25. 2025-04-02

    Ibach MO151 prevailed

  26. 2025-04-02

    Ibach FA52 withdrawn

  27. 2025-04-02

    Ibach AM829 pending

  28. 2025-04-02

    Ibach AM829 adopted

  29. 2025-04-02

    Ibach AM762 withdrawn

  30. 2025-04-02

    Storer AM810 lost

  31. 2025-04-02

    McKeon AM796 withdrawn

  32. 2025-04-02

    McKeon FA82 filed

    filing

  33. 2025-04-02

    McKeon FA82 lost

  34. 2025-04-02

    Agriculture AM638 adopted

  35. 2025-04-02

    Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

  36. 2025-04-01

    McKeon AM796 to AM638 filed

    filing

  37. 2025-03-31

    Ibach AM829 to AM638 filed

    filing

  38. 2025-03-26

    Storer AM810 to AM638 filed

    filing

  39. 2025-03-26

    McKeon name withdrawn

  40. 2025-03-25

    Ibach AM762 to AM638 filed

    filing

  41. 2025-03-25

    Jacobson name withdrawn

  42. 2025-03-18

    Placed on General File with AM638

    committee-passage

  43. 2025-03-18

    Agriculture AM638 filed

    filing

  44. 2025-03-18

    Ibach FA52 to AM638 filed

    filing

  45. 2025-03-14

    Ibach priority bill

  46. 2025-01-24

    Referred to Agriculture Committee

    referral-committee

  47. 2025-01-24

    Notice of hearing for February 11, 2025

  48. 2025-01-22

    Date of introduction

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    2025-04-02 · pass · 26-2

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Quick: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • Dover: yes
    • Ibach: yes
    • Raybould: yes
    • Armendariz: yes
    • Fredrickson: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Hallstrom: yes
    • Lippincott: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Bosn: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • Meyer: no
    • Storer: no
    • Guereca: excused
    • Spivey: excused
    • Bostar: abstain
    • DeBoer: abstain
    • Juarez: abstain
    • Rountree: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, J.: abstain
    • DeKay: abstain
    • McKeon: abstain
    • Sorrentino: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, M.: abstain
    • Dungan: abstain
    • McKinney: abstain
    • Strommen: abstain
    • Clements: abstain
    • Hunt: abstain
    • Murman: abstain
    • von Gillern: abstain
    • Conrad: abstain
    • Jacobson: abstain
    • Riepe: abstain
  • Agriculture AM638 adopted

    2025-04-02 · fail · 26-3

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • DeKay: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Raybould: yes
    • Armendariz: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Dover: yes
    • Ibach: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Bosn: yes
    • Fredrickson: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Hallstrom: yes
    • Lippincott: yes
    • Clements: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • McKeon: no
    • Meyer: no
    • Storer: no
    • Guereca: excused
    • Spivey: excused
    • Bostar: abstain
    • Dungan: abstain
    • Murman: abstain
    • Sorrentino: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, J.: abstain
    • Hunt: abstain
    • Prokop: abstain
    • Strommen: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, M.: abstain
    • Jacobson: abstain
    • Quick: abstain
    • von Gillern: abstain
    • Conrad: abstain
    • Juarez: abstain
    • Riepe: abstain
    • DeBoer: abstain
    • McKinney: abstain
    • Rountree: abstain
  • Ibach MO151 prevailed

    2025-04-02 · fail · 27-2

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Ibach: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • Fredrickson: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Hallstrom: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Sorrentino: yes
    • Bosn: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Bostar: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Murman: yes
    • von Gillern: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Raybould: yes
    • McKeon: no
    • Meyer: no
    • Armendariz: excused
    • Dover: excused
    • Hunt: excused
    • Lippincott: excused
    • Clements: excused
    • Guereca: excused
    • Jacobson: excused
    • Strommen: excused
    • Cavanaugh, J.: abstain
    • DeBoer: abstain
    • Juarez: abstain
    • Rountree: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, M.: abstain
    • DeKay: abstain
    • McKinney: abstain
    • Spivey: abstain
    • Conrad: abstain
    • Dungan: abstain
    • Quick: abstain
    • Storer: abstain
  • Ibach AM829 adopted

    2025-04-02 · fail · 31-2

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • Dover: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Raybould: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • Dungan: yes
    • Ibach: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Fredrickson: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Bosn: yes
    • Hallstrom: yes
    • Lippincott: yes
    • Sorrentino: yes
    • Bostar: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • von Gillern: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Murman: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Prokop: yes
    • McKeon: no
    • Meyer: no
    • Guereca: excused
    • Spivey: excused
    • Conrad: absent
    • Armendariz: abstain
    • DeBoer: abstain
    • McKinney: abstain
    • Strommen: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, J.: abstain
    • DeKay: abstain
    • Quick: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, M.: abstain
    • Jacobson: abstain
    • Rountree: abstain
    • Clements: abstain
    • Juarez: abstain
    • Storer: abstain
  • Storer AM810 lost

    2025-04-02 · fail · 9-14

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Armendariz: yes
    • Jacobson: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • McKeon: yes
    • Storer: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • McKinney: yes
    • Strommen: yes
    • Andersen: no
    • Holdcroft: no
    • Raybould: no
    • Storm: no
    • Clouse: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Riepe: no
    • von Gillern: no
    • Hansen: no
    • Ibach: no
    • Sanders: no
    • Hardin: no
    • Kauth: no
    • Sorrentino: no
    • Guereca: excused
    • Spivey: excused
    • Arch: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, M.: abstain
    • Dungan: abstain
    • Moser: abstain
    • Ballard: abstain
    • Clements: abstain
    • Fredrickson: abstain
    • Murman: abstain
    • Bosn: abstain
    • DeBoer: abstain
    • Hallstrom: abstain
    • Prokop: abstain
    • Bostar: abstain
    • DeKay: abstain
    • Juarez: abstain
    • Quick: abstain
    • Brandt: abstain
    • Dorn: abstain
    • Lippincott: abstain
    • Rountree: abstain
    • Cavanaugh, J.: abstain
    • Dover: abstain
    • Lonowski: abstain
    • Wordekemper: abstain
  • Ibach FA271 adopted

    2025-05-21 · fail · 36-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Andersen: yes
    • Dorn: yes
    • Jacobson: yes
    • Raybould: yes
    • Arch: yes
    • Dover: yes
    • Kauth: yes
    • Riepe: yes
    • Ballard: yes
    • Dungan: yes
    • Lippincott: yes
    • Sanders: yes
    • Bosn: yes
    • Guereca: yes
    • Lonowski: yes
    • Sorrentino: yes
    • Bostar: yes
    • Hallstrom: yes
    • McKeon: yes
    • Storer: yes
    • Brandt: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Storm: yes
    • Clements: yes
    • Hardin: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • Strommen: yes
    • Clouse: yes
    • Holdcroft: yes
    • Murman: yes
    • von Gillern: yes
    • DeKay: yes
    • Ibach: yes
    • Quick: yes
    • Wordekemper: yes
    • Armendariz: excused
    • Cavanaugh, M.: excused
    • Hunt: excused
    • Prokop: excused
    • Cavanaugh, J.: excused
    • Fredrickson: excused
    • McKinney: excused
    • Spivey: excused
    • Conrad: abstain
    • Hughes: abstain
    • Rountree: abstain
    • DeBoer: abstain
    • Juarez: abstain
  • Jacobson AM1558 adopted

    2025-05-21 · fail · 37-0

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

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