Provide for employment of nurse aides in intellectual and developmental disability facilities
This bill establishes minimum training requirements for nurse aides working in Nebraska's intellectual and developmental disability facilities. It mandates a 20-hour training program (including 15 hours of personal care training) for these facilities, compared to 75 hours for other nursing homes. Nurse aides must also meet English proficiency standards and pass background checks. The law replaces prior requirements and creates a registry with mandatory abuse reporting training as part of the curriculum.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
Legislature Passage
Mar 2025
Legislature Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 9, 2025
Signed Mar 12, 2025
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The bill's sponsor list was updated to include three additional legislators (Quick, Cavanaugh, and Conrad) who joined the original sponsors Riepe and Hardin. This is a procedural change reflecting the bill's progression through the legislative process, not a substantive policy modification.
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Added three new sponsors (Quick, Cavanaugh, and Conrad) to the bill's sponsor list, indicating broader legislative support as the bill advanced from introduction to final reading.
Floor votes · Legislature Mar 6, 2025
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Mar 6, 2025
N
Nonpartisan49
95% Yea
Vote distribution
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All Nay
Mixed
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Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Mar 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on March 11, 2025
executive
Mar 6, 2025
Legislature · Passed
President/Speaker signed
legislature
Mar 6, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2
legislature
Jan 29, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Placed on General File
legislature
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health and Human Services Committee
legislature
Jan 9, 2025
Introduced
Date of introduction
legislature
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Merv Riepe
NNonpartisan
Co
Dan Quick
NNonpartisan
Co
Danielle Conrad
NNonpartisan
Co
Machaela Cavanaugh
NNonpartisan
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