Nebraska legislation · 109th Legislature
Nebraska LB676: Change and eliminate provisions relating to certified nurse midwives and provide for applicability of the Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act
Status: Failed, April 17, 2026
What the bill says
From the amended text:
AM914 AM914 LB676 LB676 MMM - 04/03/2025 MMM - 04/03/2025 AMENDMENTS TO LB676 (Amendments to Standing Committee amendments, AM655) Introduced by Fredrickson, 20. 1. Strike the original sections and all amendments thereto and insert the following new sections: Section 1. Section 38-121, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, is amended to read: 38-121 (1) No individual shall engage in the following practices unless such individual has obtained a credential under the Uniform Credentialing (b) Advanced practice nursing, including the clinical specialty areas of certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse midwife, and nurse practitioner as provided in section 38-208; (c) Alcohol and drug counseling; (d) Asbestos abatement, inspection, project design, and training; (e) Athletic training; (f) Audiology; (g) Speech-language pathology; (h) Behavior Beginning one year after September 2, 2023, behavior analysis; (i) Body art; (j) Chiropractic; (k) Cosmetology; (l) Dentistry; (m) Dental hygiene; (n) Electrology; (o) Emergency medical services; AM914 AM914 LB676 LB676 MMM - 04/03/2025 MMM - 04/03/2025 (p) Esthetics; (q) Funeral directing and embalming; (r) Genetic counseling; (s) Hearing instrument dispensing and fitting; (t) Lead-based paint abatement, inspection, project design, and training; (u) Licensed practical nurse-certified until November 1, 2017; (u) (v) Massage therapy; (v) (w) Medical nutrition therapy; (w) (x) Medical radiography; (x) (y) Medicine and surgery; (y) (z) Mental health practice; (z) (aa) Nail technology; …
Sponsors
- Ben Hansen (NP, 16) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Indefinitely postponed
- : Title printed. Carryover bill
- : Hansen AM1474 filed
- : Enrollment and Review ER60 filed
- : Placed on Select File with ER60
- : Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial
- : Health and Human Services AM655 lost
- : Hansen AM1097 lost
- : Cavanaugh, M. MO206 prevailed
- : Cavanaugh, M. MO206 Reconsider the vote taken on AM1097 filed
Votes
- General File: AM 655 Health AM 1097 Hansen MO 206 Cavanaugh, M. RECONSIDER (April 24, 2025): 26 yea, 12 nay, passed
- General File: AM 655 Health AM 1097 Hansen (April 24, 2025): 21 yea, 14 nay, passed
- General File: AM 655 Health AM 1097 Hansen (April 24, 2025): 22 yea, 11 nay, passed
- General File: AM 655 Health (April 24, 2025): 23 yea, 17 nay, passed
- General File: ADVANCE TO E&R INITIAL (April 24, 2025): 40 yea, 3 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is LB676?
- LB676 is a bill in the Nebraska Legislature (109th Legislature): Change and eliminate provisions relating to certified nurse midwives and provide for applicability of the Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act.
- What is the status of LB676?
- Failed as of April 17, 2026. Latest action: Indefinitely postponed (April 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored LB676?
- Ben Hansen (NP, 16).
- Where is the official record for LB676?
- On the Nebraska Legislature website: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=59164
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