---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services for public health aid"
description: "Appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services for public health aid"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 185"
citation: "Nebraska LB 185 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brewer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39da60ac-a5b0-4b3f-af51-18d499220822"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "c9b48ab3efdbf9293c926bf98410983ae738fdaedeb1371f0105245aacbca119"
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 185 (107) — Appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services for public health aid

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Intro/LB185.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB185.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB185.pdf)

## Votes

- Appropriations AM706 adopted — **43–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **41–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brewer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-26** Approved by Governor on May 25, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Presented to Governor on May 20, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-20** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-05-12** Enrollment and Review ER73 adopted
- **2021-04-28** Enrollment and Review ER73 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Select File with ER73 `filing`
- **2021-04-27** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-04-27** Appropriations AM706 adopted
- **2021-03-22** Appropriations AM706 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Placed on General File with AM706 `filing`
- **2021-03-12** State-Tribal Relations priority bill
- **2021-02-17** Notice of hearing for February 25, 2021
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-08** 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/39da60ac-a5b0-4b3f-af51-18d499220822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).