---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt the Newborn Safe Haven Act"
description: "Adopt the Newborn Safe Haven Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "108"
identifier: "LB 876"
citation: "Nebraska LB 876 (108)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holdcroft"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f43ae8ee-fb4d-4350-ae78-6f9e59fc2dae"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2024"
source_hash: "4a82e0a0e3df223f3984b5dd043869bad5bbbfa800dd0fbac2309931b6f7c618"
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 876 (108) — Adopt the Newborn Safe Haven 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/108/PDF/Intro/LB876.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB876.pdf)
3. **Holdcroft AM3211** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/AM/AM3211.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB876.pdf)

## Votes

- Holdcroft AM3211 adopted — **27–0** (fail) · legislature
- Judiciary AM2458 lost — **0–35** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Holdcroft — primary (person)
- Aguilar — cosponsor (person)
- Albrecht — cosponsor (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Bosn — cosponsor (person)
- Bostar — cosponsor (person)
- Bostelman — cosponsor (person)
- Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- DeBoer — cosponsor (person)
- DeKay — cosponsor (person)
- Dorn — cosponsor (person)
- Dover — cosponsor (person)
- Erdman — cosponsor (person)
- Halloran — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Ibach — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Kauth — cosponsor (person)
- Linehan — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- McDonnell — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Moser — cosponsor (person)
- Murman — cosponsor (person)
- Riepe — cosponsor (person)
- Walz — cosponsor (person)
- von Gillern — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-18** DeKay explanation of vote
- **2024-04-18** Approved by Governor on April 15, 2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-11** Presented to Governor on April 11, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-11** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Enrollment and Review ST62 recorded
- **2024-04-05** Enrollment and Review ST62 filed `filing`
- **2024-04-05** Placed on Final Reading with ST62 `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2024-04-03** Holdcroft AM3211 adopted
- **2024-04-03** Holdcroft AM3224 withdrawn
- **2024-03-26** Holdcroft AM3224 to AM3211 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-26** Holdcroft AM3211 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-25** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2024-03-20** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2024-03-20** Blood AM2779 withdrawn
- **2024-03-20** Judiciary AM2458 lost
- **2024-03-20** Holdcroft AM2953 withdrawn
- **2024-03-20** Blood MO1290 withdrawn
- **2024-03-20** Blood MO1290 pending
- **2024-03-20** Judiciary AM2458 pending
- **2024-03-20** Blood MO1290 Bracket until April 11, 2024 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-18** Blood AM2779 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-14** Holdcroft AM2953 to AM2458 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-12** DeBoer name added
- **2024-03-06** Judiciary AM2458 filed `filing`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on General File with AM2458 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Speaker priority bill
- **2024-02-01** Bostar name added
- **2024-01-31** Notice of hearing for February 07, 2024
- **2024-01-22** Bostelman name added
- **2024-01-19** Riepe name added
- **2024-01-19** McDonnell name added
- **2024-01-18** Clements name added
- **2024-01-17** Conrad name added
- **2024-01-17** Meyer name added
- **2024-01-17** Ballard name added
- **2024-01-17** Bosn name added
- **2024-01-17** Ibach name added
- **2024-01-09** Dover name added
- **2024-01-09** Linehan name added
- **2024-01-09** Moser name added
- **2024-01-09** Kauth name added
- **2024-01-08** Dorn name added
- **2024-01-08** Aguilar name added
- **2024-01-08** Hansen name added
- **2024-01-05** Erdman name added
- **2024-01-05** Brewer name added
- **2024-01-05** DeKay name added
- **2024-01-05** von Gillern name added
- **2024-01-05** Albrecht name added
- **2024-01-05** Hughes name added
- **2024-01-05** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-04** Jacobson name added
- **2024-01-04** Walz name added
- **2024-01-04** Lowe name added
- **2024-01-04** Murman name added
- **2024-01-04** Halloran name added
- **2024-01-03** 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/f43ae8ee-fb4d-4350-ae78-6f9e59fc2dae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).