The rule, in the Legislature’s own words
So a bill passes three gates before it can become law: the Reference Committee (which committee hears it), that committee (whether it reaches the floor), and the full 49. The question this page asks is the one the site always asks: after the voters decided, who decided each thing next?
The three bills, side by side
| LB474 · 2021 | LB677 · 2025 | LB933 · 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it was | Adopt the Medicinal Cannabis Act (Sen. Wishart) | Change provisions of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act and provide for regulation of medical cannabis (Sen. Hansen, introduced January 22, 2025) | Provide immunity for health care practitioners under the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Patient Protection Act (Sen. J. Cavanaugh, introduced January 9, 2026) |
| Committee | Judiciary (Chair Lathrop). Hearing Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Committee amendment AM 824. | General Affairs (Chair Holdcroft). Hearing Monday, March 3, 2025. | Health and Human Services (Chair Hardin). Hearing Thursday, February 19, 2026. |
| Committee vote | Advanced to General File with amendment(s), 5–2, 1 present not voting. Aye: DeBoer, Lathrop, McKinney, Morfeld, Pansing Brooks. Nay: Geist, Slama. Present not voting: Brandt. None absent. | Advanced to General File with amendment(s), 5–3. Aye: Holdcroft, J. Cavanaugh, Clouse, Quick, Rountree. Nay: Andersen, DeKay, Storm. None absent or not voting. | Advanced to General File with amendment(s), 5–2. Aye: Fredrickson, Hansen, Meyer, Quick, Riepe. Nay: Hardin (the chair), Ballard. None absent or not voting. |
| Who testified | Spoke: 7 proponents (including the introducer), 5 opponents, 1 neutral. Opponents: Gary Anthone (Dept. of Health & Human Services), John Massey (Nebraska Medical Association), Mark Patefield, John Bolduc (Nebraska State Patrol), John Kuehn (SAM Nebraska). Written only: 9 proponents, 9 opponents, 2 neutral. | 22 proponents (including the introducer), 4 opponents, 4 neutral. Opponents: Zachary Pohlman (Nebraska Attorney General), Dr. Roger Donovick, Abigail Osterhaus, Lorelle Mueting. | 5 proponents (including the introducer), no opponents listed, 1 neutral (Bill Hawkins). |
| Floor votes we have read | May 12, 2021: bracket (MO65) 16–27–5. Cloture (MO67) 31–18–0, 33 needed. Sen. Slama’s motion to reconsider (MO66) was filed and marked pending; the record shows no vote on it. Actions · every name | May 20, 2025: cloture (MO278, Sen. Hansen) 23 yes, 22 no, 3 present not voting, 1 excused. 33 required, not adopted. The same day’s history lists “Hansen MO184 not considered” (Journal p. 1635). Recorded Votes · every name | General File, March 20, 2026: AM 2602 (J. Cavanaugh) 35–4–7; AM 2738 (Storm), house under call, 22–19–3; AM 2192 (Health) 38–4–2; advance to Enrollment and Review, 30–7–7. Select File, April 7, 2026: FA 1187 (Hardin) 25–12–11; AM 3136 (J. Cavanaugh) 20–20–8; AM 2855 (Kauth) 26–16–6. Recorded Votes |
| How it ended | Carried over January 5, 2022 (Journal p. 53). Indefinitely postponed April 20, 2022 (Journal p. 1428). Actions page | Carried over January 7, 2026 (Journal p. 83). Indefinitely postponed April 17, 2026 (Journal p. 1713), the same date and Journal page as LB933: the end-of-session motion to indefinitely postpone all bills not otherwise disposed of. A Storm bracket motion (MO163) is still listed as pending. Bill page | Passed over April 7 (Journal p. 1548). Indefinitely postponed April 17, 2026 (Journal p. 1713), ten days after the Select File votes. Sen. Kauth’s amendment AM2840 was filed April 7 (p. 1555). Page 1713 shows the postponement was the end-of-session motion by Sen. M. Cavanaugh to indefinitely postpone all bills not otherwise disposed of, which prevailed. The Journal gives no count. Bill page |
What the committee changed in LB933: AM 2192 keeps the protection for recommending cannabis and adds that the protection does not cover a practitioner who fails to evaluate a patient properly or violates the standard of care (Committee Statement). What the committee changed in LB677: AM 1251 allows up to five ounces of cannabis, no more than two ounces of flower, excludes smoking, and requires that at least one Commissioner be a health care practitioner (Committee Statement).
One more bill sits in the same committee as LB677. LB1235 (General Affairs, 2026) reorganized the Commission, set a $12,500 yearly member salary and a $50,000 fee maximum. The Legislature’s record shows it passed Final Reading on April 1, 2026, 46–2, with one senator excused (Journal p. 1449; read October 12, 2026). Earlier votes: 40–0–6 on General File, 41–0–5 on Select File. See our dates page.
What the table shows, without the adjectives
All three bills got past their committee on a majority: LB474 by 5 to 2 (one present, not voting), LB677 by 5 to 3, and LB933 by 5 to 2. Nobody on any of the three committees was recorded absent.
LB474 reached the floor and stopped on the 33-vote rule: 31 voted to end debate. LB677 reached the floor and stopped on the same rule: 23 voted to end debate. It was carried into the 2026 session and indefinitely postponed on April 17, 2026. LB933 went further: it cleared General File 30 to 7 with 7 not voting on March 20, 2026, and was taken up again on Select File on April 7. Its history then ends on April 17, when the Legislature indefinitely postponed every bill it had not otherwise disposed of, LB677 among them (Journal p. 1713).
Details from the committee statements, stated as printed. LB933: the committee chair, Sen. Hardin, is listed among the two Nay votes, and he offered floor amendment FA 1187 on Select File. LB474: Sen. Slama is listed among the two Nay votes in Judiciary; on the floor she filed the bracket motion (MO65) and the motion to reconsider (MO66).
Names that appear twice. News reports say the Legislature confirmed two Governor-appointed members to the Medical Cannabis Commission on May 30, 2025, Lorelle Mueting (27–16) and Dr. Monica Oldenburg (34–11). We have not read those roll calls. In the committee records, Lorelle Mueting is listed as a written opponent of LB474 (2021) and as an opponent who testified on LB677 (March 3, 2025), and Monica Oldenburg is listed as a written opponent of LB474 (2021). We matched these by name only. A different Mueting, Marcia Mueting of the Nebraska Pharmacists Association, is listed as a written proponent of LB474; we are not saying any of these people are related.
What we have not confirmed
The Reference Committee’s referral of each bill. For LB474, the Clerk’s transcript of January 20, 2021 (the tenth day) records a Referencing Committee report covering LB420 through LB486, a range that includes LB474, introduced January 15. The transcript does not say which committee; the Journal entry does, and we have not read it. LB677 and LB933 referrals are not read. Committee rosters beyond the senators who voted are not read either. The committee statements say which committee heard each bill; they do not show who referred it or when.
Whether each floor motion on LB933 and LB677 was adopted or rejected. The recorded-votes pages give the counts (yes–no–present), and we have not read the Journal entry for each. We give the counts and do not state outcomes we have not read, except where the record says them (“advance to Enrollment and Review,” “indefinitely postponed”).
Resolved October 11, 2026: the April 17 entries for LB677 and LB933 are one step. Journal p. 1713 (the Sixtieth Day) records Sen. M. Cavanaugh’s motion that all bills not otherwise disposed of, excluding bills on Final Reading and vetoed bills, be indefinitely postponed; the motion prevailed. Still not confirmed: the vote on that motion (the Journal gives none), and what happened to LB933 between April 7 and April 17 beyond what the history lists.
The rest of LB677’s history between January 2025 and May 20, 2025. Which organization each LB677 neutral testifier represented (the printed list does not line up names and organizations cleanly). LB1235’s enacted text. The 27–16 and 34–11 confirmation votes on the Commission’s two Governor-appointed members, May 30, 2025; the individual roll calls are not yet read.
Why any senator voted as they did. This page shows only dates and votes.
How this was checked
Rules and committee description: Nebraska Legislature, Committees, read October 9, 2026. LB474: the Committee Statement (hearing March 10, 2021), the Legislature’s Recorded Votes and Actions pages, and the Clerk’s May 12, 2021 transcript and January 20, 2021 transcript (reference reports). LB677: recorded cloture vote, the bill page, and the Committee Statement (hearing March 3, 2025), read October 9, 2026. LB933: the bill page, its Recorded Votes page (March 20 and April 7, 2026), and the Committee Statement (hearing February 19, 2026), read October 9, 2026. Search summaries and news reports are leads, not sources; where a line rests on one it says so.
See also: Two Votes, Four Years Apart · Who Voted on LB474 · A bill’s roadmap · How we work