---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide and change requirements for reports of abuse and neglect and placement and treatment of juveniles"
description: "Provide and change requirements for reports of abuse and neglect and placement and treatment of juveniles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 1148"
citation: "Nebraska LB 1148 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba2e3393-7678-4dc5-86da-81004163fd44"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2020"
source_hash: "575eba75fa5313e62caf9d13ac8820a55278e4854890505e639b288866230410"
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 1148 (106) — Provide and change requirements for reports of abuse and neglect and placement and treatment of juveniles

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Intro/LB1148.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB1148.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB1148.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 35-6-8 — **35–6** (pass) · legislature
- Lathrop AM2666 adopted — **27–0** (fail) · legislature
- Vargas AM3075 adopted — **45–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **35–1** (pass) · legislature
- Lathrop AM2810 adopted — **33–0** (fail) · legislature
- Judiciary AM2637 adopted — **33–1** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-18** Provisions/portions of LB975 amended into LB1148 by AM2637
- **2020-08-18** Provisions/portions of LB969 amended into LB1148 by AM2637
- **2020-08-18** Provisions/portions of LB940 amended into LB1148 by AM2666
- **2020-08-18** Provisions/portions of LB906 amended into LB1148 by AM2637
- **2020-08-18** Provisions/portions of LB458 amended into LB1148 by AM2637
- **2020-08-11** Approved by Governor on August 06, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-03** Presented to Governor on July 31, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-31** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2020-07-31** Passed on Final Reading 35-6-8 `passage`
- **2020-07-31** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2020-07-27** DeBoer name added
- **2020-07-22** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2020-07-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2020-07-20** Vargas AM3075 adopted
- **2020-07-20** Vargas AM3075 filed `filing`
- **2020-07-20** Enrollment and Review ER215 adopted
- **2020-03-23** Enrollment and Review ER215 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-23** Placed on Select File with ER215 `filing`
- **2020-03-10** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2020-03-10** Lathrop AM2810 adopted
- **2020-03-10** Lathrop AM2666 adopted
- **2020-03-10** Judiciary AM2637 adopted
- **2020-03-09** Lathrop AM2810 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-03** Lathrop AM2666 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-27** Judiciary AM2637 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-27** Placed on General File with AM2637 `filing`
- **2020-02-21** Hilkemann priority bill
- **2020-01-30** Bolz name withdrawn
- **2020-01-28** Notice of hearing for February 06, 2020
- **2020-01-24** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Bolz name added
- **2020-01-22** 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/ba2e3393-7678-4dc5-86da-81004163fd44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).