---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require behavioral health points of contact for school districts, provide for mental health first aid training, and change education innovation grants"
description: "Require behavioral health points of contact for school districts, provide for mental health first aid training, and change education innovation grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 852"
citation: "Nebraska LB 852 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Day"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e4430c4-1f1e-4b3b-ac93-788dbe882a62"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2022"
source_hash: "e79dd79f5cb133233ff5acb46dd7883f0e07ce2428651c5cba8a8aaae56d9164"
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 852 (107) — Require behavioral health points of contact for school districts, provide for mental health first aid training, and change education innovation grants

## 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/LB852.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB852.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB852.pdf)

## Votes

- Day AM2563 adopted — **34–0** (fail) · legislature
- Morfeld AM2272 adopted — **28–0** (fail) · legislature
- Education AM1607 adopted — **33–2** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 36-10-3 — **36–10** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Day — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-20** Provisions/portions of LB912 amended into LB852 by AM2272
- **2022-04-20** Approved by Governor on April 18, 2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-12** Presented to Governor on April 12, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-12** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Passed on Final Reading 36-10-3 `passage`
- **2022-04-12** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2022-04-08** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Morfeld name added
- **2022-04-07** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2022-04-07** Enrollment and Review ER157 adopted
- **2022-04-07** Vargas name added
- **2022-03-29** Enrollment and Review ER157 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-29** Placed on Select File with ER157 `filing`
- **2022-03-28** Hansen, M. name added
- **2022-03-28** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2022-03-28** Morfeld AM2272 adopted
- **2022-03-28** Day AM2563 adopted
- **2022-03-28** Education AM1607 adopted
- **2022-03-24** Day AM2563 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-10** Morfeld AM2272 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-02** Education AM1607 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on General File with AM1607 `filing`
- **2022-02-22** Walz priority bill
- **2022-02-15** Notice of hearing for February 22, 2022
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06** 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/2e4430c4-1f1e-4b3b-ac93-788dbe882a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).