---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change provisions relating to guardians and conservators"
description: "Change provisions relating to guardians and conservators"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ne"
legislature: "Nebraska Legislature"
session: "109"
identifier: "LB 985"
citation: "Nebraska LB 985 (109)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBoer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/208ebc79-1349-4142-b366-4702e517e588"
source_url: "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2026"
source_hash: "9f075fee918cb008559428fb6c6353e9951c6100d7aa765aef53883758933636"
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 985 (109) — Change provisions relating to guardians and conservators

## 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/LB985.pdf)
2. **DeBoer AM2424** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2424.pdf)
3. **Enrollment and Review ER137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/ER137.pdf)
4. **Final Reading** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB985.pdf)
5. **Judiciary AM2117 DeBoer AM2424** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/AM/AM2117.pdf)
6. **Slip Law** (committee substitute) — [source](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB985.pdf)

## Votes

- DeBoer AM2424 adopted — **39–0** (fail) · legislature
- Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Judiciary AM2117 adopted — **37–0** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DeBoer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-17** Provisions/portions of LB1178 amended into LB985 by AM2117
- **2026-04-17** Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Presented to Governor on April 9, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09** President/Speaker signed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0 `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Dispensing of reading at large approved
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Final Reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
- **2026-03-12** Kauth FA641 withdrawn
- **2026-03-12** Enrollment and Review ER137 adopted
- **2026-03-10** Enrollment and Review ER137 filed `filing`
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Select File with ER137 `filing`
- **2026-03-04** Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- **2026-03-04** Judiciary AM2117 adopted
- **2026-03-04** DeBoer AM2424 adopted
- **2026-03-03** DeBoer AM2424 to AM2117 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-20** Speaker priority bill
- **2026-02-19** Judiciary AM2117 filed `filing`
- **2026-02-19** Placed on General File with AM2117 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Notice of hearing for January 29, 2026
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Kauth FA641 filed `filing`
- **2026-01-12** 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/208ebc79-1349-4142-b366-4702e517e588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Nebraska legislature records).