Signed into law by the Governor
Require the Department of Health and Human Services to file a state plan amendment for evidence-based nurse home-visitation services ↗
latest roll call: Final Reading · 04/03/2025 · Yea 47 · Nay 0 · Not voting/absent 2 (Vote Record)
| Sponsor | Sen. George Dungan (District 26) (Introduced 01/09/2025) |
|---|---|
| Sponsor Ranking | The Nebraska Legislature is officially nonpartisan, and no published ideology measurement of its members is in our database - so none is shown. This page shows how members voted, never where anyone places them. |
| KJV verdict | PASS · 5 grounds ↓ |
| Committees | Health and Human Services |
| Latest Action | 06/06/2025 Provisions/portions of LB104 amended into LB22 by AM348 |
| Roll Call Votes | 5 |
| Source | view on nebraskalegislature.gov (new tab) → |
Brief (4)
If it passes, what changes
This is a health and welfare bill that creates a new home visiting program framework and directs Medicaid funding toward it. It does not appropriate General Fund money directly.
- Creates the Family Home Visitation Act, §1, governing state-funded home visitation programs.
- §3 requires funded programs to provide periodic visits by nurses, social workers, or trained lay workers.
- §4 requires any funded program be "evidence-based," meeting nine listed criteria.
- §9 requires the department to report program data to the Legislature's Clerk yearly from Feb. 15, 2026 through Feb. 15, 2028.
- §10 (amending 68-911) directs the department to seek federal approval by Oct. 1, 2025 for nurse home visiting services for postpartum mothers and children under six months on Medicaid.
- §11 (amending 68-996) adds "evidence-based nurse home visiting services" as an authorized use of the Medicaid Managed Care Excess Profit Fund.
Does it do what it claims
The title's claims mostly match the operative text, though the funding piece is framed as "intent," not a binding appropriation.
- The bill does adopt a "Family Home Visitation Act," §1–§9, as the title states.
- It does amend §68-911 and §68-996 as titled, in §10 and §11.
- The title says the department is "required" to file a state plan amendment — §10(10)(a) does use "shall," so this matches.
- The "intent relating to funding" language is honored: §10(10)(b) states legislative intent to use the Excess Profit Fund, not the General Fund, but this is non-binding intent, not a mandate.
- §7 and §6 (opt-out and exemption for single/infrequent visits) are not mentioned in the title but are included as limits on the Act.
The case each way
The disagreement centers on whether voicing funding "intent" through a non-guaranteed fund is a real commitment or a symbolic one.
- For: §4's nine criteria ensure only rigorously vetted, accountable programs receive state funds.
- For: §11 diversifies the Excess Profit Fund's authorized uses without touching the General Fund, as stated in §10(10)(b).
- For: §9's reporting requirement creates public accountability on outcomes, spending, and demographics.
- Against: Funding rests on legislative "intent" (§10(10)(b)) and a fund fed by "excess profit" returns, not a guaranteed appropriation.
- Against: §8 gives the department broad rulemaking discretion to "carry out the Family Home Visitation Act" with few textual limits.
What the text cannot settle
This reading covers only what the text states; it cannot confirm real-world funding levels or program rollout.
- The bill text does not state a dollar amount for nurse home visiting services under §10(10).
- Whether CMS approves the state plan amendment sought under §10(10)(a) is not settled by this text.
- §2's "relevant settings" for home visits is undefined beyond "primarily in the homes."
- §9(1) reporting is qualified "if available," so completeness of required data items is not guaranteed.
- The Excess Profit Fund's balance and whether it can cover this new use (§11) alongside all other listed purposes is not stated.
- §4's nine evidence-based criteria are not paired with a named certifying body, leaving verification discretion to the department under §8.
Written by claude-sonnet-5 from the Slip Law of this bill on 2026-09-13, and from nothing else. It is a reading, not a source: bullets naming a section this bill does not contain are dropped before the page is built, but the prose is not otherwise checked. The verdict above does not come from it.
KJV verdict (5)
PASS — Aligns with the KJV
The bill pays for nurses and trained helpers to visit new mothers, babies, and young children at home, and it lets any family say no at any time. That is caring for the sick and the weak, which the Bible commands. Nothing in what the bill enacts does what the Bible forbids.
5 grounds: 0 FAIL, 5 PASS. Any FAIL fails the bill.
PASS Sec. 10, new subsection (10)(a)
“visits to a home by a nurse and be available to postpartum mothers and children six months of age or younger enrolled in medicaid”
“Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.”Matthew 25:36
“But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.”Luke 10:33-34
“If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.”Deuteronomy 15:7-11
The scripture commends going to the sick and needy where they are and taking care of them; the bill sends nurses into the homes of poor mothers and infants.
PASS Sec. 3(3)(h)
“Reduce child maltreatment and injury”
“Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.”Proverbs 31:8-9
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”James 1:27
Small children cannot speak for themselves; the bill funds visits that guard them in their affliction.
PASS Sec. 3(3)(g)
“Empower families toward economic self-sufficiency”
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”1 Timothy 5:8
“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”2 Thessalonians 3:10
The program's stated goal is families providing for their own house by their own work, which the scripture requires.
PASS Sec. 7
“Families may decline home visitation program services at any time.”
“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”Deuteronomy 6:6-7
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”Proverbs 22:6
The training of a child is given to the parents; the bill leaves that authority with them by making every visit voluntary.
PASS Sec. 9(1)(e)
“The total amount of funds expended for home visitation programs”
“A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.”Proverbs 11:1
Public reporting of what was spent and what was achieved is the honest accounting the scripture delights in.
Read against the KJV standard from the Slip Law text on 2026-09-13. Every quotation of the bill is checked against the bill's text and every verse is quoted from the 1769 text, not from the model.
Text (4)
- Introduced (new tab) (application/pdf)
- Final Reading (new tab) (application/pdf)
- Slip Law (new tab) (application/pdf)
- Engrossed (new tab) (application/pdf)
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All Actions (23)
| Date | Actor | All Actions |
|---|---|---|
| 06/06/2025 | Provisions/portions of LB104 amended into LB22 by AM348 | |
| 04/10/2025 | Approved by Governor on April 9, 2025 | |
| 04/03/2025 | Presented to Governor on April 3, 2025 | |
| 04/03/2025 | President/Speaker signed | |
| 04/03/2025 | Passed on Final Reading 47-0-2 | |
| 04/03/2025 | Dispensing of reading at large approved | |
| 03/17/2025 | Enrollment and Review ST10 recorded | |
| 03/17/2025 | Enrollment and Review ST10 filed | |
| 03/17/2025 | Placed on Final Reading with ST10 | |
| 03/11/2025 | Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment | |
| 03/11/2025 | Raybould AM348 adopted | |
| 03/11/2025 | Dungan AM258 adopted | |
| 02/25/2025 | Raybould AM348 filed | |
| 02/18/2025 | Placed on Select File | |
| 02/12/2025 | Dungan AM258 filed | |
| 02/10/2025 | Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial | |
| 02/10/2025 | Health and Human Services AM102 adopted | |
| 02/05/2025 | Health and Human Services AM102 filed | |
| 02/05/2025 | Placed on General File with AM102 | |
| 01/14/2025 | Conrad name added | |
| 01/13/2025 | Notice of hearing for January 23, 2025 | |
| 01/13/2025 | Referred to Health and Human Services Committee | |
| 01/09/2025 | Date of introduction |
Votes (5)
04/03/2025 · Final Reading · 47-0-2
Yea (47): Andersen, Ibach, Arch, Jacobson, Armendariz, Juarez, Ballard, Kauth, Bosn, Lippincott, Bostar, Lonowski, Brandt, McKeon, Cavanaugh, J., Cavanaugh, M., Meyer, Clements, Moser, Clouse, Murman, Conrad, Prokop, DeBoer, Quick, DeKay, Raybould, Dorn, Riepe, Dover, Rountree, Dungan, Sanders, Fredrickson, Sorrentino, Spivey, Hallstrom, Storer, Hansen, Storm, Hardin, Strommen, Holdcroft, von Gillern, Hughes, Wordekemper, Hunt
Not voting / absent (2): McKinney, Guereca
03/11/2025 · AM 348 Raybould · 38-0-11
Yea (38): Andersen, Ibach, Arch, Jacobson, Armendariz, Juarez, Ballard, Kauth, Lippincott, Lonowski, Brandt, McKeon, Cavanaugh, J., McKinney, Cavanaugh, M., Meyer, Clouse, Murman, Prokop, DeBoer, Quick, Raybould, Dorn, Riepe, Dungan, Sanders, Fredrickson, Sorrentino, Guereca, Spivey, Hallstrom, Storer, Hansen, Storm, Strommen, Hughes, Wordekemper, Hunt
Not voting / absent (11): Bosn, Bostar, Clements, Moser, Conrad, DeKay, Dover, Rountree, Hardin, Holdcroft, von Gillern
03/11/2025 · AM 258 Dungan · 44-0-5
Yea (44): Andersen, Ibach, Arch, Jacobson, Armendariz, Juarez, Ballard, Kauth, Bosn, Lippincott, Bostar, Lonowski, Brandt, McKeon, McKinney, Cavanaugh, M., Meyer, Clements, Moser, Clouse, Murman, Prokop, DeBoer, Quick, DeKay, Raybould, Dorn, Rountree, Dungan, Sanders, Fredrickson, Sorrentino, Guereca, Hallstrom, Storer, Hansen, Storm, Hardin, Strommen, Holdcroft, von Gillern, Hughes, Wordekemper, Hunt
Not voting / absent (5): Cavanaugh, J., Conrad, Riepe, Dover, Spivey
02/10/2025 · ADVANCE TO E&R INITIAL · 43-0-6
Yea (43): Andersen, Ibach, Arch, Jacobson, Armendariz, Ballard, Kauth, Bosn, Lippincott, Lonowski, Brandt, McKeon, Cavanaugh, J., McKinney, Cavanaugh, M., Meyer, Clements, Moser, Clouse, Murman, Prokop, Quick, DeKay, Dorn, Riepe, Dover, Dungan, Sanders, Fredrickson, Sorrentino, Guereca, Spivey, Hallstrom, Storer, Hansen, Storm, Hardin, Strommen, Holdcroft, von Gillern, Hughes, Wordekemper, Hunt
Not voting / absent (6): Juarez, Bostar, Conrad, DeBoer, Raybould, Rountree
02/10/2025 · AM 102 Health · 43-0-6
Yea (43): Andersen, Ibach, Arch, Jacobson, Armendariz, Ballard, Kauth, Bosn, Lippincott, Lonowski, Brandt, McKeon, Cavanaugh, J., McKinney, Cavanaugh, M., Meyer, Clements, Moser, Clouse, Murman, Prokop, Quick, DeKay, Dorn, Riepe, Rountree, Dungan, Sanders, Fredrickson, Sorrentino, Guereca, Spivey, Hallstrom, Storer, Hansen, Storm, Hardin, Strommen, Holdcroft, von Gillern, Hughes, Wordekemper, Hunt
Not voting / absent (6): Juarez, Bostar, Conrad, DeBoer, Raybould, Dover
Every roll call as the legislature recorded it, with each member's vote by name.
Sponsors (2)
- Sen. George Dungan [District 26] — primary sponsor
- Sen. Danielle Conrad [District 46] — cosponsor (01/14/2025)
Committees (1)
| Committee | Activity | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Human Services | Referred | 01/13/2025 |
Amendments (4)
Fiscal Notes & Statements (4)
- Fiscal Note (new tab)
- Committee Statement (new tab)
- Non Testifiers (new tab)
- Statement of Intent (new tab)
The legislature's own companion documents; each link opens the official copy.
Related Bills (0)
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How this was worked out (1)
1. What was read
| version | Slip Law |
| file | 03-slip-law.pdf |
| sha256 | 49c07536831f464f5bc248e5709c47f0 |
| characters | 15,502 |
2. What it was read against
| the standard | bills/kjv_prompt.txt, sha256 79671b42553a40fe28a8ac9c8ce9e60a |
| model | claude-fable-5-1 |
| read on | 2026-09-13 |
| the model was shown | the standard -- the verses of the 1769 text, quoted in full -- and the bill's words, and nothing else |
3. The grounds (5)
| PASS | |
|---|---|
| PASS | Sec. 10, new subsection (10)(a)
“Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.” Matthew 25:36 “But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.” Luke 10:33-34 “If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.” Deuteronomy 15:7-11 The scripture commends going to the sick and needy where they are and taking care of them; the bill sends nurses into the homes of poor mothers and infants. |
| PASS | Sec. 3(3)(h)
“Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.” Proverbs 31:8-9 “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” James 1:27 Small children cannot speak for themselves; the bill funds visits that guard them in their affliction. |
| PASS | Sec. 3(3)(g)
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.” 1 Timothy 5:8 “For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.” 2 Thessalonians 3:10 The program's stated goal is families providing for their own house by their own work, which the scripture requires. |
| PASS | Sec. 7
“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” Deuteronomy 6:6-7 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 The training of a child is given to the parents; the bill leaves that authority with them by making every visit voluntary. |
| PASS | Sec. 9(1)(e)
“A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.” Proverbs 11:1 Public reporting of what was spent and what was achieved is the honest accounting the scripture delights in. |
4. How the verdict follows
| FAIL grounds | 0 |
| PASS grounds | 5 |
| the rule | any FAIL ground fails the bill -- even one, even beside good provisions (1 Corinthians 5:6), even for a good end (Romans 3:8); PASS grounds alone pass it; no grounds, no verdict. No counting, no weighing, nothing added up. |
| verdict | PASS — Aligns with the KJV |
5. What this cannot tell you
Every ground above quotes the bill and quotes the verse, so each can be checked. What the model did not raise cannot be checked the same way: a provision it passed over looks exactly like one that is not there. How often a ground is wrong, and how often one is missing, are not known.
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