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Legal recognition · Legal sex definitions
Nebraska
No restriction reported
No statewide definition in force; LB 89 (2025) defines sex for sports only
- Litigation
- No court challenge to EO 23-16 found.
- Researched
- (Date of the primary-source research; not a legal effective date)
Notes
Executive Order 23-16 (2023) set biology-based definitions for state agencies until a state law on sports and single-sex facilities took effect. LB 89 (2025) covers sports; the atlas treats the order as superseded by it.
Sources
Policy sources
- Executive Order No. 23-16 (Aug. 30, 2023)(opens another site)PDF, external
- LB 89 (2025) Stand With Women Act slip law, definitions limited to the Act (sports)(opens another site)PDF, external
- Governor's LB 89 signing release (June 4, 2025)(opens another site)
- LB 730 (2026) agency-wide definition plus bathrooms; failed(opens another site)
Researched from primary sources
Trans Data Initiative research. Researched from primary sources (enacted text, the code on official sites, executive orders, court orders), starting from the Trans Data Initiative legislation tracker's bills. Each determination was checked independently by a second researcher; disputes were settled by a third review. No other tracker's descriptions were used.
A record is what a source reported on the date it was captured, not a legal effective date. An unobserved record is not a finding that no restrictions exist.