---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Advance Mental Health Care Directives Act"
description: "Adopt the Advance Mental Health Care Directives Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 247"
citation: "Nebraska LB 247 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bolz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2020-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbd162fd-9ff7-4528-85f5-c22238772722"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "014bde745cd0e97a4c66aebddbc0f43e50c6e43602583894ed15d9befff7d80a"
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 247 (106) — Adopt the Advance Mental Health Care Directives 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/106/PDF/Intro/LB247.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB247.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB247.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 44-0-5 — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Judiciary AM2206 adopted — **41–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bolz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **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 44-0-5 `passage`
- **2020-07-31** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2020-07-23** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2020-07-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2020-07-20** Enrollment and Review ER189 adopted
- **2020-03-09** Enrollment and Review ER189 filed `filing`
- **2020-03-09** Placed on Select File with ER189 `filing`
- **2020-03-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2020-03-04** Judiciary AM2206 adopted
- **2020-02-25** Speaker priority bill
- **2020-02-10** Judiciary AM2206 filed `filing`
- **2020-02-10** Placed on General File with AM2206 `filing`
- **2020-01-08** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2019-01-23** Notice of hearing for February 01, 2019
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** 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/dbd162fd-9ff7-4528-85f5-c22238772722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).