---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for persons eighteen years of age or older to consent to certain behavioral health services"
description: "Provide for persons eighteen years of age or older to consent to certain behavioral health services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "105"
identifier: "LB 982"
citation: "Nebraska LB 982 (105)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morfeld"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68757531-9988-41b5-b427-019167db1ea5"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2018"
source_hash: "df38156c333c652c1b444d6d4d0ff807d59d0c960723f27f9ebd7de03193df59"
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 982 (105) — Provide for persons eighteen years of age or older to consent to certain behavioral health services

## 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/LB982.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Final/LB982.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/105/PDF/Slip/LB982.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 41-0-8 — **41–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **38–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Morfeld — 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** Thibodeau explanation of vote
- **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 41-0-8 `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2018-04-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2018-03-27** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2018-03-08** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2018-01-30** Notice of hearing for February 14, 2018
- **2018-01-17** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** 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/68757531-9988-41b5-b427-019167db1ea5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).