---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for employment of nurse aides in intellectual and developmental disability facilities"
description: "Provide for employment of nurse aides in intellectual and developmental disability facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 42"
citation: "Nebraska LB 42 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riepe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52850d14-8690-4ef8-a103-2ee33e8870ee"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2025"
source_hash: "6efbf339ab2ea7348771523f40e9edaa1173fbc180a923bc52d1db8c39ff7d1e"
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 42 (109) — Provide for employment of nurse aides in intellectual and developmental disability facilities

## 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/LB42.pdf)
2. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB42.pdf)
3. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB42.pdf)

## Votes

- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Riepe — primary (person)
- Cavanaugh, M. — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12** Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-06** Presented to Governor on March 6, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-06** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2025-02-18** Conrad name added
- **2025-02-10** Placed on Select File `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Cavanaugh, M. name added
- **2025-02-05** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2025-01-29** Placed on General File `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24** Quick name added
- **2025-01-13** Notice of hearing for January 23, 2025
- **2025-01-13** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09** 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/52850d14-8690-4ef8-a103-2ee33e8870ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).