# Nebraska LB148: Adopt the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and change requirements for licensure and reciprocity under the Dentistry Practice Act Nebraska LB148, Adopt the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and change requirements for licensure and reciprocity under the Dentistry Practice Act, is a 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions legislature bill sponsored by Ben Hansen; status signed, last action 2025-06-06 (Provisions/portions of LB83 amended into LB148 by AM391); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB148-109 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Nebraska LB148 - State: Nebraska - Session: 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions - Title: Adopt the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and change requirements for licensure and reciprocity under the Dentistry Practice Act - Status: signed - Chamber: legislature - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-06-06, Provisions/portions of LB83 amended into LB148 by AM391 - Sponsor: Ben Hansen - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Health and Human Services Committee - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (168 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Lower compact fees for military families: benefit, low. Active military members and their spouses do not pay the Commission fee for a Compact Privilege. A remote state may also cut or waive its own Compact Privilege fee for them. - Stronger cross-state discipline and investigations: cost, high. A remote state can limit or remove your Compact Privilege and apply fines; limits in one remote state apply across all remote states. If your home-state license is encumbered, you immediately lose all Compact Privileges until it is restored. If you enter an Alternative Program instead of discipline… - Fingerprint checks and fees for new hygienists: cost, low. New dental hygienist license applicants must submit fingerprints for a national FBI background check. The results go to the state health division. Applicants pay the actual cost of fingerprinting and the background check. - Dentists and hygienists can practice across states: mixed, high. If you hold a qualifying dentist or dental hygienist license in a participating state, you can get a Compact Privilege to work in other participating states. Starting January 1, 2026, Nebraska lets Compact Privilege holders practice here. To get or keep a privilege, you must apply, pay any Commissi… - Faster path to a Nebraska license: mixed, medium. Nebraska sets clear testing rules for dentists: a DDS or DMD, national board exams, a simulation-based clinical skills exam with periodontal, restorative, prosthodontic, and endodontic parts, and a Nebraska law test. The board reviews exams regularly. If you hold a license from another U.S. jurisdi… - How the Compact is run and funded: mixed, medium. The law creates an interstate Commission to run the dentist and hygienist Compact and a shared data system. The Commission makes rules, holds public meetings, and can charge Compact Privilege fees and assess states to fund its budget; it must not spend money it does not have and gets an annual fina… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ben Hansen, Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | legislature | Final Reading | pass | 47 | 0 | 2 | | 2025-02-25 | legislature | Vote | fail | 43 | 0 | 6 | | 2025-02-07 | legislature | Vote | fail | 35 | 0 | 14 | | | legislature | Vote | fail | 43 | 0 | 6 | ## Actions (18) - 2025-06-06: Provisions/portions of LB83 amended into LB148 by AM391 (legislature) - 2025-04-14: Approved by Governor on April 14, 2025 (legislature) - 2025-04-10: Presented to Governor on April 10, 2025 (legislature) - 2025-04-10: President/Speaker signed (legislature) - 2025-04-10: Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 (legislature) - 2025-04-10: Dispensing of reading at large approved (legislature) - 2025-03-04: Enrollment and Review ST5 recorded (legislature) - 2025-03-04: Enrollment and Review ST5 filed (legislature) - 2025-03-04: Placed on Final Reading with ST5 (legislature) - 2025-02-25: Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment (legislature) - 2025-02-25: Rountree AM391 adopted (legislature) - 2025-02-25: Rountree AM391 filed (legislature) - 2025-02-18: Placed on Select File (legislature) - 2025-02-07: Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial (legislature) - 2025-02-04: Placed on General File (legislature) - 2025-01-21: Notice of hearing for January 30, 2025 (legislature) - 2025-01-15: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee (legislature) - 2025-01-13: Date of introduction (legislature) ## Bill text - Introduced, 2025-01-13: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB148.pdf) - Enrolled / Slip Law: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB148.pdf) - Final / Enacted: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB148.pdf) ## Related bills - LB468: Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers (failed) - LB13: Require the Department of Health and Human Services to file a state plan amendment relating to child care (failed) - LB677: Change provisions of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act and provide for regulation of medical cannabis (failed) - LB170: Eliminate the sales tax exemptions for candy and soft drinks (failed) - LB646: Provide an exemption from brand inspections and change fees under the Livestock Brand Act (failed) - LB714: Change provisions relating to motor vehicle taxes and fees (failed) ## Sources - [Introduced (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB148.pdf) - [Enrolled / Slip Law (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB148.pdf) - [Final / Enacted (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB148.pdf) ## Related - [LB468: Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax pro…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB468-109) - [LB13: Require the Department of Health and Human Services to file a state plan amendm…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB13-109) - [LB677: Change provisions of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act and provide f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB677-109) - [LB170: Eliminate the sales tax exemptions for candy and soft drinks](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB170-109) - [LB646: Provide an exemption from brand inspections and change fees under the Livestock…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB646-109) - [LB714: Change provisions relating to motor vehicle taxes and fees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB714-109) - [Nebraska bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/nebraska/bills) - [Nebraska state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/nebraska) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB148-109 (as of 2026-10-17).