---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize schools and the State Department of Education to adopt policies relating to pregnant and parenting students, authorize training regarding such policies, and authorize breastfeeding accommodations for student-parents"
description: "Authorize schools and the State Department of Education to adopt policies relating to pregnant and parenting students, authorize training regarding such policies, and authorize breastfeeding accommodations for student-parents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 427"
citation: "Nebraska LB 427 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5e517f0-6488-4ea9-8811-a7afbcfcc2e1"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "3067300da72fb14c60e6f4a1d653e4b659d407931bc11b160a52d05963e78cb6"
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 427 (105) — Authorize schools and the State Department of Education to adopt policies relating to pregnant and parenting students, authorize training regarding such policies, and authorize breastfeeding accommodations for student-parents

## 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/LB427.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB427.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB427.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 31-7-11 — **31–7** (pass) · legislature
- Vargas AM739 adopted — **27–9** (fail) · legislature
- Scheer AM987 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature
- Vargas AM908 adopted — **33–2** (fail) · legislature
- Motion to return to Select File failed — **11–28** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **29–3** (pass) · legislature
- Erdman AM968 lost — **21–18** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-23** Provisions/portions of LB428 amended into LB427 by AM739
- **2017-05-09** Approved by Governor on May 08, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Presented to Governor on May 02, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Passed on Final Reading 31-7-11 `passage`
- **2017-05-02** Erdman AM1166 withdrawn
- **2017-05-02** Motion to return to Select File failed `filing`
- **2017-04-24** Erdman AM1166 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-04-18** Erdman AM968 lost
- **2017-04-18** Scheer AM987 adopted
- **2017-04-18** Enrollment and Review ER50 adopted
- **2017-04-12** Erdman AM968 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-11** Scheer AM987 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-10** Enrollment and Review ER50 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-10** Placed on Select File with ER50 `filing`
- **2017-04-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-04-04** Vargas AM908 adopted
- **2017-04-04** Vargas AM908 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-04** Vargas AM739 adopted
- **2017-03-30** Blood name added
- **2017-03-29** Vargas AM739 filed `filing`
- **2017-03-09** Vargas priority bill
- **2017-02-27** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2017-01-23** Notice of hearing for January 30, 2017
- **2017-01-17** Referred to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** 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/f5e517f0-6488-4ea9-8811-a7afbcfcc2e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).