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NebraskaLB668109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessionslegislature

Change provisions relating to the Adult Protective Services Central Registry and the Child Protection and Family Safety Act

Sponsored By: Tanya Storer

Signed by Governor

Health and Human Services Committee

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Limits on listing minors in registry

Cases with a subject younger than 12 cannot be entered in the child protection registry. The registry also cannot label a case as “court pending” when the subject is age 12–18. If a juvenile petition says a child lacks support through no fault of the parent or guardian, that case cannot be listed. Beginning September 15, 2026, the department reports each year on how many minors are listed, their ages, and how many were court‑ or agency‑substantiated.

Alternative response rules and oversight

When the department gets a child‑protection report, it must choose to investigate, use alternative response, send it to a review team, or take no further action with a prevention referral. If a report is accepted for alternative response, it is not a formal finding of abuse or neglect, and the person is not put on the central registry. The department must set rules on moving cases between tracks, telling families their rights, providing services, and reporting data. The Nebraska Children’s Commission also creates an advisory committee to review alternative response and make recommendations.

Adult abuse registry: notice and appeals

The department must tell you its finding after an adult abuse or neglect investigation and explain how to contest it. If it plans to list you on the Adult Protective Services registry, it must mail you a notice to your last known address. The notice says what the report claims, how to ask to change or remove your information, and how to appeal within 14 days. If you file a proper appeal, your name does not go on the registry until a final order is issued.

Child registry: advance notice and appeals

Before entering a name on the child protection registry, the department must give written notice at least 14 days before entry. If the subject is a school employee and the child attends that school, the Commissioner of Education also gets notice. If the family is military‑connected, the proper military installation also gets notice. For subjects age 12–18, the department must send an expungement hearing notice, a waiver form, and copies to the youth’s attorney, parent or guardian, and guardian ad litem. The subject can appeal under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Registry check fee capped at $3

The fee to check the child protection registry is capped at $3 per request. The department sets the fee by rule, sends collected fees to the Health and Human Services Cash Fund, and can waive the fee for undue financial hardship.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Tanya Storer

    legislature

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 226 • No: 0

legislature vote • 4/24/2026

Vote

Yes: 36 • No: 0 • Other: 13

legislature vote • 4/24/2026

Vote

Yes: 32 • No: 0 • Other: 17

legislature vote • 2/12/2026

Final Reading

Yes: 47 • No: 0 • Other: 2

legislature vote • 2/5/2026

Vote

Yes: 32 • No: 0 • Other: 17

legislature vote • 1/20/2026

Vote

Yes: 43 • No: 0 • Other: 6

legislature vote • 1/20/2026

Vote

Yes: 36 • No: 0 • Other: 13

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on February 17, 2026

    2/18/2026legislature

  2. Dispensing of reading at large approved

    2/12/2026legislature

  3. Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2

    2/12/2026legislature

  4. President/Speaker signed

    2/12/2026legislature

  5. Presented to Governor on February 12, 2026

    2/12/2026legislature

  6. Placed on Final Reading

    2/10/2026legislature

  7. Enrollment and Review ER97 adopted

    2/5/2026legislature

  8. Storer AM1808 adopted

    2/5/2026legislature

  9. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    2/5/2026legislature

  10. Storer AM1808 to ER97 filed

    1/28/2026legislature

  11. Placed on Select File with ER97

    1/26/2026legislature

  12. Enrollment and Review ER97 filed

    1/26/2026legislature

  13. Cavanaugh, M. FA70 withdrawn

    1/20/2026legislature

  14. Storer AM1723 adopted

    1/20/2026legislature

  15. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    1/20/2026legislature

  16. Storer AM1723 filed

    1/14/2026legislature

  17. Title printed. Carryover bill

    1/7/2026legislature

  18. Cavanaugh, M. FA70 filed

    3/27/2025legislature

  19. Placed on General File

    3/25/2025legislature

  20. Notice of hearing for February 12, 2025

    1/31/2025legislature

  21. Referred to Health and Human Services Committee

    1/24/2025legislature

  22. Date of introduction

    1/22/2025legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    2/18/2026

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  • Enrolled / Slip Law

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  • Final / Enacted

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