# Nebraska LB217: Require suicide awareness and prevention training for employees of child-placing agencies and child welfare workers

Nebraska LB217, Require suicide awareness and prevention training for employees of child-placing agencies and child welfare workers, is a 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions legislature bill sponsored by John Fredrickson; status signed, last action 2025-06-04 (Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Nebraska LB217
- State: Nebraska
- Session: 109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessions
- Title: Require suicide awareness and prevention training for employees of child-placing agencies and child welfare workers
- Status: signed
- Chamber: legislature
- Introduced: 2025-01-14
- Last action: 2025-06-04, Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025
- Sponsor: John Fredrickson
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Health and Human Services Committee
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (149 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Suicide prevention training for staff and foster parents: mixed, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, Nebraska sets one baseline suicide awareness and prevention training for child welfare work. DHHS creates the curriculum with suicide-prevention experts and uses evidence-based, trauma-informed practices. DHHS staff and child-placing agency employees must finish the train…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Fredrickson, Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-29 | legislature | Final Reading | pass | 47 | 1 |   |
| 2025-05-09 | legislature | Vote | fail | 36 | 0 | 13 |
| 2025-05-09 | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 0 | 16 |
|   | legislature | Vote | fail | 33 | 0 | 16 |

## Actions (17)

- 2025-06-04: Approved by Governor on June 4, 2025 (legislature)
- 2025-05-29: Presented to Governor on May 29, 2025 (legislature)
- 2025-05-29: President/Speaker signed (legislature)
- 2025-05-29: Passed on Final Reading 47-1*-1 (legislature)
- 2025-05-27: Placed on Final Reading (legislature)
- 2025-05-21: Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment (legislature)
- 2025-05-21: Enrollment and Review ER84 adopted (legislature)
- 2025-05-14: Enrollment and Review ER84 filed (legislature)
- 2025-05-14: Placed on Select File with ER84 (legislature)
- 2025-05-09: Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial (legislature)
- 2025-05-09: Fredrickson AM1031 adopted (legislature)
- 2025-04-17: Fredrickson AM1031 filed (legislature)
- 2025-03-17: Speaker priority bill (legislature)
- 2025-03-11: Placed on General File (legislature)
- 2025-01-31: Notice of hearing for February 12, 2025 (legislature)
- 2025-01-16: Referred to Health and Human Services Committee (legislature)
- 2025-01-14: Date of introduction (legislature)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-14: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB217.pdf)
- Enrolled / Slip Law: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB217.pdf)
- Final / Enacted: [PDF](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB217.pdf)

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- LB714: Change provisions relating to motor vehicle taxes and fees (failed)

## Sources
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB217.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Slip Law (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Slip/LB217.pdf)
- [Final / Enacted (PDF)](https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Final/LB217.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NE-LB217-109 (as of 2026-10-19).