---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change licensure and regulation provisions for assisted-living facilities"
description: "Change licensure and regulation provisions for assisted-living facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 439"
citation: "Nebraska LB 439 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wishart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/914d1dd5-12e2-4b78-8892-5631f74ba02d"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "b5093698046f13222b191cb7d2fb8adac3e44f1ba6002513c5a7ba98c3f36a97"
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 439 (105) — Change licensure and regulation provisions for assisted-living facilities

## 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/LB439.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB439.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB439.pdf)

## Votes

- Kolterman AM2047 adopted — **35–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Health and Human Services AM1013 adopted — **36–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Wishart AM2117 adopted — **30–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Wishart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-18** Approved by Governor on April 17, 2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11** Presented to Governor on April 11, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-11** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-03-06** Wishart AM2117 adopted
- **2018-03-06** Enrollment and Review ER111 adopted
- **2018-02-27** Wishart AM2117 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-23** Enrollment and Review ER111 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Select File with ER111 `filing`
- **2018-02-21** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-02-21** Kolterman AM2047 adopted
- **2018-02-21** Kolterman AM2047 filed `filing`
- **2018-02-21** Kolterman AM1487 withdrawn
- **2018-02-21** Health and Human Services AM1013 adopted
- **2018-02-12** Kolterman priority bill
- **2018-01-08** Kolterman AM1487 filed `filing`
- **2018-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2017-04-21** Health and Human Services AM1013 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-21** Placed on General File with AM1013 `filing`
- **2017-03-23** Kolterman name added
- **2017-02-03** Notice of hearing for March 16, 2017
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** 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/914d1dd5-12e2-4b78-8892-5631f74ba02d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).