---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require the Department of Health and Human Services to screen state wards for social security benefit eligibility"
description: "Require the Department of Health and Human Services to screen state wards for social security benefit eligibility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 275"
citation: "Nebraska LB 275 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c545fcd5-ff73-445e-90c7-c2118ff17bcf"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "cffb0ba3ca018b68b24a75654f860ae47118109646391c2ff6187e57768e2fd1"
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 275 (109) — Require the Department of Health and Human Services to screen state wards for social security benefit eligibility

## 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/LB275.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB275.pdf)
3. **Hunt AM1126** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM1126.pdf)
4. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB275.pdf)

## Votes

- Passed on Final Reading 29-19*-1 — **29–19** (pass) · legislature
- Hunt AM1126 adopted — **32–0** (fail) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-30** Presented to Governor on May 30, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Passed on Final Reading 29-19*-1 `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2025-05-12** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-04-30** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-04-24** Hunt AM1126 adopted
- **2025-04-24** Hunt AM1126 filed `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-14** Hunt priority bill
- **2025-02-21** Notice of hearing for March 12, 2025
- **2025-02-10** Notice of hearing for February 28, 2025 (cancel)
- **2025-02-07** Notice of hearing for February 28, 2025
- **2025-01-21** Conrad name added
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** 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/c545fcd5-ff73-445e-90c7-c2118ff17bcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).