All Roll Calls
Yes: 217 • No: 31
NebraskaLB203109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessionslegislature
Change powers and duties of health directors in certain local public health departments and provide requirements relating to community-wide directed health measures
Sponsored By: Kathleen Kauth
Signed by Governor
Health and Human Services Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
New staffing rules for local health departments
The health director is the executive officer of the local board of health. The director hires staff under city or county civil service rules. Staff must meet United States Public Health Standards. Pay follows a compensation schedule set by the board of health and reviewed each year. The staff must have at least one part-time medical consultant who is a licensed doctor.
Stricter rules for community-wide health orders
Local health directors must get written approval from a majority of elected county board members or the city council before issuing any order that applies to everyone. After issuing, the order must be sent to the board of health to be ratified at a regular or emergency meeting. Each order ends seven days after it is issued unless it is reapproved using the same process. The law defines a community-wide order as one for the whole area when there are no known links between cases. It defines an epidemiological link as a plausible disease exposure where at least one person in the chain is a contact or a confirmed, probable, or suspect case.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Kathleen Kauth
legislature
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
Vote
Yes: 34 • No: 3 • Other: 12
legislature vote • 4/24/2026
Vote
Yes: 43 • No: 0 • Other: 6
legislature vote • 2/12/2026
Final Reading
Yes: 35 • No: 12
legislature vote • 1/26/2026
Vote
Yes: 28 • No: 13 • Other: 8
legislature vote • 1/26/2026
Vote
Yes: 43 • No: 0 • Other: 6
legislature vote • 1/26/2026
Vote
Yes: 34 • No: 3 • Other: 12
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on February 17, 2026
2/18/2026legislatureDispensing of reading at large approved
2/12/2026legislaturePassed on Final Reading 35-12*-2
2/12/2026legislaturePresident/Speaker signed
2/12/2026legislaturePresented to Governor on February 12, 2026
2/12/2026legislaturePlaced on Final Reading
2/10/2026legislatureEnrollment and Review ER103 adopted
2/5/2026legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment
2/5/2026legislaturePlaced on Select File with ER103
1/29/2026legislatureEnrollment and Review ER103 filed
1/29/2026legislatureHealth and Human Services AM611 adopted
1/26/2026legislatureFredrickson AM1754 withdrawn
1/26/2026legislatureFredrickson AM1781 adopted
1/26/2026legislatureAdvanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
1/26/2026legislatureHealth and Human Services AM611 pending
1/23/2026legislatureFredrickson AM1781 filed
1/23/2026legislatureFredrickson AM1754 filed
1/21/2026legislatureTitle printed. Carryover bill
1/7/2026legislaturePlaced on General File with AM611
3/18/2025legislatureHealth and Human Services AM611 filed
3/18/2025legislatureNotice of hearing for February 07, 2025
1/24/2025legislatureReferred to Health and Human Services Committee
1/16/2025legislatureDate of introduction
1/14/2025legislature
Bill Text
Introduced
2/18/2026
Enrolled / Slip Law
Final / Enacted