---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions of the Child Protection and Family Safety Act, the Nebraska Juvenile Code, the Foster Care Review Act, and the Nebraska Strengthening Families Act as prescribed"
description: "Change provisions of the Child Protection and Family Safety Act, the Nebraska Juvenile Code, the Foster Care Review Act, and the Nebraska Strengthening Families Act as prescribed"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 225"
citation: "Nebraska LB 225 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9c5c658-59e8-40d1-b19a-3af7404b582d"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "e5ee8264ca8258915091676b79c2cc4e7bba715f3ea6cadd646aba2324a414ee"
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 225 (105) — Change provisions of the Child Protection and Family Safety Act, the Nebraska Juvenile Code, the Foster Care Review Act, and the Nebraska Strengthening Families Act as prescribed

## 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/LB225.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB225.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB225.pdf)

## Votes

- Howard AM731 adopted — **32–1** (fail) · legislature
- Baker AM826 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature
- Crawford AM840 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature
- Health and Human Services AM611 adopted — **31–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-23** Provisions/portions of LB336 amended into LB225 by AM611
- **2017-05-23** Provisions/portions of LB298 amended into LB225 by AM611
- **2017-05-23** Provisions/portions of LB297 amended into LB225 by AM611
- **2017-05-02** Approved by Governor on April 27, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-24** Presented to Governor on April 24, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-24** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 48-0-1 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2017-04-10** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-04-03** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-04-03** Crawford AM840 adopted
- **2017-04-03** Baker AM826 adopted
- **2017-04-03** Enrollment and Review ER27 adopted
- **2017-03-31** Crawford AM840 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-30** Baker AM826 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-28** Enrollment and Review ER27 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Select File with ER27 `filing`
- **2017-03-23** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-03-23** Howard AM731 adopted
- **2017-03-23** Howard AM731 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-23** Morfeld AM726 withdrawn
- **2017-03-23** Health and Human Services AM611 adopted
- **2017-03-22** Morfeld AM726 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-22** Health and Human Services AM611 pending
- **2017-03-15** Health and Human Services AM611 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on General File with AM611 `filing`
- **2017-03-09** Crawford priority bill
- **2017-01-24** Notice of hearing for February 01, 2017
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** 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/c9c5c658-59e8-40d1-b19a-3af7404b582d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).