---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change investigation and reporting provisions under the Children's Residential Facilities and Placing Licensure Act"
description: "Change investigation and reporting provisions under the Children's Residential Facilities and Placing Licensure Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "106"
identifier: "LB 59"
citation: "Nebraska LB 59 (106)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cavanaugh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/021acb12-c640-4b95-9d80-2c20f66f9782"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2019"
source_hash: "2b93009901e95a050b8484a728033dcfc6c2ec83e92c8b387ae4f84c589ab3db"
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 59 (106) — Change investigation and reporting provisions under the Children's Residential Facilities and Placing Licensure 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/LB59.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Final/LB59.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/106/PDF/Slip/LB59.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **42–0** (pass) · legislature
- Health and Human Services AM622 adopted — **42–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cavanaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-24** Approved by Governor on April 24, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-18** Presented to Governor on April 18, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2019-03-25** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2019-03-25** Health and Human Services AM622 adopted
- **2019-03-20** Speaker priority bill
- **2019-03-15** Health and Human Services AM622 filed `filing`
- **2019-03-15** Placed on General File with AM622 `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Notice of hearing for March 06, 2019
- **2019-01-16** Blood name added
- **2019-01-14** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** 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/021acb12-c640-4b95-9d80-2c20f66f9782`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).