---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create the Mental Health Crisis Hotline Task Force"
description: "Create the Mental Health Crisis Hotline Task Force"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 247"
citation: "Nebraska LB 247 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pansing Brooks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e96e78e-391c-44dc-b044-f3ac593c88c9"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "0e0ebc7c58895020016d25bffa29429cde5ea10f5c9bff8bc264497f1f216a57"
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 (107) — Create the Mental Health Crisis Hotline Task Force

## 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/LB247.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB247.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB247.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3 — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Executive Board AM558 adopted — **43–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **41–0** (pass) · legislature
- Pansing Brooks AM949 adopted — **38–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Pansing Brooks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-26** Report
- **2021-05-26** Approved by Governor on May 24, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Presented to Governor on May 19, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 46-0-3 `passage`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-04-14** Pansing Brooks AM949 adopted
- **2021-04-14** Friesen AM857 withdrawn
- **2021-04-14** Pansing Brooks AM740 withdrawn
- **2021-04-12** Pansing Brooks AM949 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-08** Hansen, M. name added
- **2021-04-08** Pansing Brooks AM740 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-06** Friesen AM857 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2021-03-30** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-03-30** Executive Board AM558 adopted
- **2021-03-23** Aguilar name added
- **2021-03-17** Speaker priority bill
- **2021-03-11** Executive Board AM558 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Placed on General File with AM558 `filing`
- **2021-02-25** McCollister name added
- **2021-02-17** Notice of hearing for February 24, 2021
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Executive Board `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Arch name added
- **2021-01-11** 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/0e96e78e-391c-44dc-b044-f3ac593c88c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).