LB 985 Legislature · 109th Legislature (2025-2026)

Change provisions relating to guardians and conservators

LB 985 amends Nebraska's Probate Code to limit how many individuals a single guardian or conservator can serve. The bill adds a specific numerical cap on the number of wards (people under guardianship or conservatorship) a guardian or conservator may be appointed to manage at one time. This change directly affects current and future guardians and conservators who currently serve multiple individuals. The bill modifies sections 30-2628 and 30-2655 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes to implement this appointment limit.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Legislature Passage
Apr 2026
Legislature Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Signed Apr 17, 2026
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What changed between versions

Enrollment and Review ER137 Final Reading · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was formally enrolled and finalized for the Second Session of the 109th Legislature. The substantive text of the bill remains largely unchanged from the previous version, with the primary differences being the update of the sponsor list and the addition of standard legislative headers. The core policy provisions regarding guardianship, incapacity hearings, and standby guardians were not altered.
TECHNICAL

The bill's sponsor list was updated to reflect new sponsors (DeBoer, Bosn, Hughes, Rountree) and removed the previous sponsor (Guereca), while the bill title and legislative session details were standardized for the final reading.

Floor votes · Legislature Mar 4, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 49
Mar 4, 2026
N Nonpartisan49
39 Yea 10
79% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Provisions/portions of LB1178 amended into LB985 by AM2117
legislature
Apr 17, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on April 14, 2026
executive
Apr 9, 2026
Legislature · Passed
President/Speaker signed
legislature
Apr 9, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Passed on Final Reading 49-0-0
legislature
Mar 12, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Enrollment and Review ER137 adopted
legislature
Mar 4, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Judiciary AM2117 adopted
legislature
Mar 4, 2026
Legislature · Passed
DeBoer AM2424 adopted
legislature
Feb 19, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Placed on General File with AM2117
legislature
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred to Judiciary Committee
legislature
Jan 12, 2026
Introduced
Date of introduction
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Wendy DeBoer
Wendy DeBoer
NNonpartisan
NE
10