---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change sibling placement and other foster care requirements, change sibling visitation, require reporting of sexual abuse, and eliminate certain obsolete provisions"
description: "Change sibling placement and other foster care requirements, change sibling visitation, require reporting of sexual abuse, and eliminate certain obsolete provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 1078"
citation: "Nebraska LB 1078 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f20398fa-649f-4cee-9495-cadc2d8f1d94"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018"
source_hash: "0adb14d8dfb61c80e00382615321f36345052f3d7d8af08a0d2386107a22d575"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ne"]
---

# Nebraska LB 1078 (105) — Change sibling placement and other foster care requirements, change sibling visitation, require reporting of sexual abuse, and eliminate certain obsolete provisions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Intro/LB1078.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB1078.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB1078.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Crawford AM2318 adopted — **31–0** (fail) · legislature
- Bolz AM2434 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-04-23** Provisions/portions of LB1073 amended into LB1078 by AM2318
- **2018-04-23** Provisions/portions of LB411 amended into LB1078 by AM2434
- **2018-04-04** Approved by Governor on April 04, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-29** Presented to Governor on March 29, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-29** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Final Reading with ST47 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-03-15** Bolz AM2434 adopted
- **2018-03-15** Bolz AM2434 filed `filing`
- **2018-03-15** Crawford AM2318 adopted
- **2018-03-09** Crawford AM2318 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2018-02-26** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-02-26** Chambers MO232 withdrawn
- **2018-02-26** Chambers MO232 Bracket until April 18, 2018 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-13** Executive Board priority bill
- **2018-02-13** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2018-02-01** Notice of hearing for February 12, 2018
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Executive Board `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Date of introduction `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f20398fa-649f-4cee-9495-cadc2d8f1d94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).