---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change insurance coverage provisions for mental health conditions and serious mental illness"
description: "Change insurance coverage provisions for mental health conditions and serious mental illness"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 487"
citation: "Nebraska LB 487 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/224a4c33-5d69-4ae0-bc6a-69ca8b70f3aa"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021"
source_hash: "19304412a52edafc9c0e8a9928a3124676ba9e61afd761b9cedb015829485547"
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 487 (107) — Change insurance coverage provisions for mental health conditions and serious mental illness

## 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/LB487.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB487.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB487.pdf)

## Votes

- Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM160 adopted — **47–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 43-0-6 — **43–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor on April 21, 2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20** Day explanation of vote
- **2021-04-20** Blood explanation of vote
- **2021-04-15** Presented to Governor on April 15, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Passed on Final Reading 43-0-6 `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2021-03-15** Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM160 adopted
- **2021-03-10** Banking, Commerce and Insurance priority bill
- **2021-02-18** Banking, Commerce and Insurance AM160 filed `filing`
- **2021-02-18** Placed on General File with AM160 `filing`
- **2021-01-25** Notice of hearing for February 01, 2021
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** 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/224a4c33-5d69-4ae0-bc6a-69ca8b70f3aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).