---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change the name of the Brain Injury Trust Fund Act to the Brain Injury Assistance Act and change certain provisions in the act"
description: "Change the name of the Brain Injury Trust Fund Act to the Brain Injury Assistance Act and change certain provisions in the act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "107"
identifier: "LB 971"
citation: "Nebraska LB 971 (107)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDonnell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71cb9c60-b629-40d3-9b2c-48b74827b489"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2022"
source_hash: "af78ee0fb092377231499bc4f83ef01c423767be12012cdc1bfb60ddbbb237e0"
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 971 (107) — Change the name of the Brain Injury Trust Fund Act to the Brain Injury Assistance Act and change certain provisions in the act

## 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/LB971.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Final/LB971.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/107/PDF/Slip/LB971.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **45–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 45-0-4 — **45–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- McDonnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **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 45-0-4 `passage`
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2022-03-31** Cavanaugh, M. FA91 withdrawn
- **2022-03-31** Enrollment and Review ER113 adopted
- **2022-03-10** Cavanaugh, M. FA91 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-09** Wayne name added
- **2022-03-02** Enrollment and Review ER113 filed `filing`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Select File with ER113 `filing`
- **2022-02-28** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2022-02-10** Placed on General File `filing`
- **2022-01-21** Notice of hearing for January 28, 2022
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** 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/71cb9c60-b629-40d3-9b2c-48b74827b489`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).