---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Ground Emergency Medical Transport Act"
description: "Adopt the Ground Emergency Medical Transport Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 578"
citation: "Nebraska LB 578 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDonnell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be1dec20-bef9-41ca-a213-170176f16f7f"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2017"
source_hash: "9012d65493dce9bb0f5599e521e6955096cfe43f42108e4df2f9eda15e8c7ff9"
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 578 (105) — Adopt the Ground Emergency Medical Transport Act

## 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/LB578.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB578.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB578.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 41-0-8 — **41–0** (pass) · legislature
- Health and Human Services AM917 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- McDonnell AM1262 adopted — **29–1** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McDonnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-23** Approved by Governor on May 22, 2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-17** Presented to Governor on May 16, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-16** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2017-05-16** Passed on Final Reading 41-0-8 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2017-05-02** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2017-05-02** McDonnell AM1262 adopted
- **2017-05-02** McDonnell AM1262 filed `filing`
- **2017-05-02** McDonnell AM1172 withdrawn
- **2017-05-02** Enrollment and Review ER63 adopted
- **2017-04-27** McDonnell AM1172 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-19** Enrollment and Review ER63 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on Select File with ER63 `filing`
- **2017-04-18** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2017-04-18** Health and Human Services AM917 adopted
- **2017-04-11** Brewer name added
- **2017-04-11** Williams name added
- **2017-04-10** Health and Human Services AM917 filed `filing`
- **2017-04-10** Placed on General File with AM917 `filing`
- **2017-03-23** Kolterman name added
- **2017-03-08** McDonnell priority bill
- **2017-02-06** Hilkemann name added
- **2017-02-03** Notice of hearing for March 15, 2017
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** 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/be1dec20-bef9-41ca-a213-170176f16f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).