Establish a suicide mortality review team for the Department of Veterans' Affairs
Nebraska's LB 414 establishes a suicide mortality review team within the Department of Veterans' Affairs to address veteran suicides. The team, made up of VA staff, mental health professionals, law enforcement, and veteran advocates, will collect data on all veteran suicide deaths in Nebraska, analyze causes, and develop prevention protocols for agencies like hospitals and law enforcement. It requires an annual report by April 1st starting in 2026, detailing each reviewed case (including age, location, and contributing factors) and recommendations to reduce preventable suicides. The bill directly affects veterans who died by suicide and aims to improve data-driven prevention strategies through coordinated reviews.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Legislature Passage
Apr 2025
Legislature Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 17, 2025
Signed May 1, 2025
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The bill was amended during the Enrollment and Review process, primarily adding procedural details about committee amendments and updating the document header with enrollment information. The substantive policy content regarding the suicide mortality review team appears unchanged from the original version.
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Added enrollment and review header information (ER44, DLM - 04/10/2025) and introduced new sponsor information (Guereca) to the document header.
Added detailed amendment instructions from Standing Committee AM565 regarding text changes on page 1, line 14 (inserting 'and' and 'the').
Floor votes · Legislature Apr 3, 2025
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 49
Apr 3, 2025
N
Nonpartisan49
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
2
May 1, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on April 29, 2025
executive
Apr 25, 2025
Legislature · Passed
President/Speaker signed
legislature
Apr 25, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Passed on Final Reading 46-0-3
legislature
Apr 17, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Enrollment and Review ER44 adopted
legislature
Apr 3, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM565 adopted
legislature
Mar 11, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Placed on General File with AM565
legislature
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
legislature
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Date of introduction
legislature
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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