---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require suicide awareness and prevention training for employees of child-placing agencies and child welfare workers"
description: "Require suicide awareness and prevention training for employees of child-placing agencies and child welfare workers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 217"
citation: "Nebraska LB 217 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fredrickson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0defe94-ccc7-454e-962a-8eb0ac8f2b05"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "c197a9511419d3d51d7177aaf8e8d4db370c93bdefc7a9c20b1b87308ba7361a"
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 217 (109) — Require suicide awareness and prevention training for employees of child-placing agencies and child welfare workers

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB217.pdf)
2. **Enrollment and Review ER84** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER84.pdf)
3. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB217.pdf)
4. **Fredrickson AM1031** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1031.pdf)
5. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB217.pdf)

## Votes

- Fredrickson AM1031 adopted — **33–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-1*-1 — **47–1** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fredrickson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-29** Presented to Governor on May 29, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-29** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Passed on Final Reading 47-1*-1 `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-05-21** Enrollment and Review ER84 adopted
- **2025-05-14** Enrollment and Review ER84 filed `filing`
- **2025-05-14** Placed on Select File with ER84 `filing`
- **2025-05-09** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-05-09** Fredrickson AM1031 adopted
- **2025-04-17** Fredrickson AM1031 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Speaker priority bill
- **2025-03-11** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Notice of hearing for February 12, 2025
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** 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/a0defe94-ccc7-454e-962a-8eb0ac8f2b05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).