---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions of the Mental Health Practice Act to include protections and requirements for certified art therapists"
description: "Change provisions of the Mental Health Practice Act to include protections and requirements for certified art therapists"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 605"
citation: "Nebraska LB 605 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albrecht"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4178f2a1-460f-45b7-bea2-3bf313d53693"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023"
source_hash: "19cf3d1d05c8b39fdaffdcbf19f0743b7d0e96a1d58fc7c912bc35a5e7c0d3c5"
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 605 (108) — Change provisions of the Mental Health Practice Act to include protections and requirements for certified art therapists

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Intro/LB605.pdf)
2. **Albrecht AM2365** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2365.pdf)
3. **Albrecht AM2417** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM2417.pdf)
4. **Enrollment and Review ER55** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/ER55.pdf)
5. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB605.pdf)
6. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB605.pdf)

## Votes

- Albrecht AM2417 adopted — **40–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 44-0-5 — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Albrecht AM2365 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **32–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Albrecht — primary (person)
- Dungan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-12** Approved by Governor on March 11, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-07** Presented to Governor on March 7, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Passed on Final Reading 44-0-5 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2024-02-28** Enrollment and Review ST38 recorded
- **2024-02-28** Enrollment and Review ST38 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on Final Reading with ST38 `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-02-20** Albrecht AM2417 adopted
- **2024-02-20** Enrollment and Review ER55 adopted
- **2024-02-14** Albrecht AM2417 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-12** Enrollment and Review ER55 filed `filing`
- **2024-02-12** Placed on Select File with ER55 `filing`
- **2024-02-07** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-02-07** Albrecht AM2365 adopted
- **2024-02-06** Dungan name added
- **2024-02-06** Albrecht AM2365 filed `filing`
- **2024-01-03** Title printed. Carryover bill
- **2023-03-14** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Notice of hearing for February 23, 2023
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** 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/4178f2a1-460f-45b7-bea2-3bf313d53693`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).