---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to child care assistance"
description: "Change provisions relating to child care assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 485"
citation: "Nebraska LB 485 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBoer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68abb5ea-e500-4c5e-b3eb-dcd252a62813"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "55b8f5a1680fc93ff4f6f463a47e953fe86df456975f4b75e50d42328fc73b27"
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 485 (107) — Change provisions relating to child care assistance

## 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/LB485.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB485.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB485.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause stricken 31-6-12 — **31–6** (pass) · legislature
- DeBoer AM1187 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- DeBoer AM1057 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature
- Health and Human Services AM764 adopted — **42–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **31–7** (pass) · legislature
- Failed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 31-6-12 — **31–6** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DeBoer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-26** Approved by Governor on May 24, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Presented to Governor on May 19, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-19** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Correctly enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause stricken 31-6-12 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Failed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 31-6-12 `failure`
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-04-28** DeBoer AM1187 adopted
- **2021-04-28** Enrollment and Review ER65 adopted
- **2021-04-28** DeBoer AM1187 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-23** Enrollment and Review ER65 filed `filing`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Select File with ER65 `filing`
- **2021-04-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-04-20** Health and Human Services AM764 adopted
- **2021-04-20** DeBoer AM1057 adopted
- **2021-04-20** DeBoer AM1057 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-30** Health and Human Services AM764 filed `filing`
- **2021-03-30** Placed on General File with AM764 `filing`
- **2021-03-12** DeBoer priority bill
- **2021-02-25** Vargas name added
- **2021-02-03** Notice of hearing for February 10, 2021
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** 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/68abb5ea-e500-4c5e-b3eb-dcd252a62813`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).