Introduced Legislation to the NE Unicameral. So far there have been approx. 278 bills, and a dozen or so resolutions and Constitutional amendments introduced. We will continue to follow along as additional legislation is added. Below we have highlighted the bills that pertain to our efforts and values and those brought to our attention by concerned Nebraskans, NAGO members, and other group leaders.
Note: the legislation below has not yet been assigned to a committee. At this point in time, if you wish to voice your thoughts, opinions, or concerns, please email or call the introducing Legislator, co-sponsor(s), and/or your district representatives. As legislation is assigned to a committee and hits the legislative schedule for its hearing NAGO will provide updated instructions.
* = initial commentary/position (subject to change as new information is gathered)
Current legislation of interest: (last updated: 1.10.2023)
NO* LB3 Sanders Referral Change provisions for tax levies for bonds issued by political subdivisions
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50245
UNEEDED* LB4 Sanders Referral – Change homestead exemption provisions relating to qualifications, application requirements, and penalties
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49658
LB5 Blood Referral – Provide for compensability under Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act for mental injuries resulting from workplace violence
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50133
NO* LB6 Blood Referral – Prohibit conditional use permits and zoning exceptions for delinquent property taxpayers
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50032
NO* LB8 Blood Referral – Change provisions of the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act and provide for certificates of title and liens for abandoned mobile homes
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50136
LB9 Blood Referral – Change independent expenditure reporting requirements and require electioneering reporting
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50214
YES* LB12 Blood Referral – Create the Nebraska Human Breast Milk Bank
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50375
LB13 Blood Referral – Require coverage of human breast milk under Medical Assistance
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50374
YES* LB17 Dungan Referral – Authorize possession of a firearm on school grounds by a full-time, off-duty law enforcement officer
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49799
LB18 Wayne Referral – Provide for motions for new trial based on newly discovered evidence
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50065
LB20 Wayne Referral – Provide for restoration of voting rights upon completion of a felony sentence or probation for a felony
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50027
LB21 Wayne Referral – Change provisions relating to the city council of a city of the metropolitan class
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49688
YES* LB22 Wayne Referral – Decriminalize use and possession of marijuana
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50031
NO* LB25 Wayne ReferralAuthorize punitive damages as prescribed and provide for distribution
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50137
*encourages government overreach
SURE* LB27 Dungan Referral – Change provisions relating to appointment of counsel for defendants
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50264
SURE* LB28 Erdman Referral – Change provisions relating to decisions on appeals under the Tax Equalization and Review Commission Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50112
SURE* LB29 Erdman Referral – Change provisions relating to the assessment of real property that suffers significant property damage
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50111
YES* LB33 Jacobson Referral – Change provisions relating to the powers of mayors in certain cities and eliminate obsolete 2020 redistricting provisions
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49975
LB34 Dungan Referral – Provide for a presumption of disposition under the Nebraska Juvenile Code for crimes committed by defendants under eighteen years of age and change the definition of juvenile under the code
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49787
NO* LB40 Blood Referral – Adopt the Riparian and Water Quality Practices Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50324
Not sure about this* LB41 Hansen, B. Referral – Prohibit state agencies from imposing annual filing and reporting requirements on charitable organizations
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49960
YES* LB43 Sanders Referral – Require hearing officers and judges to interpret statutes and regulations to limit agency power and maximize individual liberty
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50402
LB45 Dorn Referral – Create the Revitalize Rural Nebraska Grant Fund
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49969
NO* LB49 Dungan Referral – Change provisions relating to solar energy and wind energy, declare certain instruments void and unenforceable, and provide for a civil cause of action
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50007
NO* LB50 Geist Referral – Change criminal justice provisions including set-asides, restitution, and parole; create criminal justice pilot programs; terminate an oversight committee; and create a task force
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50391
UNEEDED* LB54 McKinney Referral – Require the office of Legislative Research to prepare racial impact statements for legislative bills
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50435
LB61 Brandt Referral – Authorize leasing of dark fiber and eliminate certain powers of the Public Service Commission
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50038
LB64 Day Referral – Require the Department of Health and Human Services to provide notice in certain cases of child abuse and neglect
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49747
LB70 Cavanaugh, M. Referral – Eliminate the fee for certain state identification cards and certified copies of birth certificates for voting purposes
*If we can’t hand ballots out like candy, let’s do it with IDs?
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50188
YES* LB71 Sanders Referral – Change provisions relating to parental involvement in and access to learning materials in schools
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49659
LB75 Vargas Introduction – Provide for review of incidents of severe maternal morbidity
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49676
YES* LB77 Brewer Referral – Provide for carrying of concealed handguns without a permit, change provisions relating to concealed weapons, and prohibit certain regulation of weapons by cities, villages, and counties
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49710
YES* LB79 Erdman Referral – Adopt the Nebraska EPIC Option Consumption Tax Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50183
NO* LB87 Hunt Referral – Allow persons eighteen years of age to make health care decisions and persons under nineteen years of age in correctional facilities to consent to medical and mental health care
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50340
LB89 Hunt Referral – Repeal provisions stating that surrogate parenthood contracts are void and unenforceable
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50416
NO* LB97 Clements Referral – Change provisions relating to required reports for inheritance tax
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49900
LB99 Cavanaugh, M. Introduction – Adopt the Hunger-Free Schools Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50073
LB106 McDonnell Introduction – Create the offense of digital grooming of a vulnerable adult and prohibit using an electronic communication device or social media to engage in certain conduct with vulnerable adults
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49708
LB107, introduced by Omaha Sen. Mike McDonnell, which would create the offense of digital grooming and prohibit using an electronic communication device or social media to engage in certain conduct with minors;
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49709
LB108 McDonnell Introduction – State intent regarding appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for community health centers
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49930
LB112 McDonnell Introduction – State intent regarding appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for child advocacy centers
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50469
LB115 Raybould Introduction – Adopt the Family Home Visitation Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49765
LB114 Vargas Introduction – State intent to appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services for evidence-based early intervention home visitation programs
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50410
LB123 Fredrickson Introduction – Adopt the Behavior Analyst Practice Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49987
LB126 Day Introduction – Change provisions relating to homestead exemptions
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50303
*how many veterans do we have in the state , who would even need this? It’s not bad but it seems unneeded, could be wrong.
LB128 Dorn Introduction – State intent regarding appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50079
YES* LB133, sponsored by Sen. John Cavanaugh of Omaha, which would provide that entities exercising the power of eminent domain are subject to the Open Meetings Act;
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50107
YES* LB134 Cavanaugh, J.Referral – Provide requirements under the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50153
NO* LB136 Geist Referral – Change provisions relating to the Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act, the Motor Vehicle Registration Act, and the Motor Vehicle Operator’s License Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50046
UNEEDED* LB169 Hunt Referral – Prohibit discrimination based upon sexual orientation and gender identity
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50006
YES* LB177 Erdman Referral – Adopt the My Student, My Choice Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50333
YES* LB178 Erdman Referral – Require display of the national motto in schools
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49800
LB179 Fredrickson Referral – Prohibit conversion therapy
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49819
LB181 Hansen, B. Referral – Provide for filling and refilling prescriptions in certain circumstances
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50119
LB189 Kauth Referral – Change and provide exemptions for natural hair braiding and natural hairstyling
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50093
LB192 Halloran Referral – Change the definition of household income for homestead exemptions
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50526
YES* LB193 Halloran Referral – Provide requirements for voting systems under the Election Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50544
YES* LB194 Halloran Referral – Adopt the Second Amendment Preservation Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49727
LB195 Halloran Referral – Adopt the Faithful Delegate to Federal Article V Convention Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49728
NO* LB202 Walz Referral – Provide for vaccine administration by pharmacy technicians
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50120
YES* LB228 Erdman Introduction – Create state holidays for statewide primary and general election days, require in-person voting, photographic identification to vote, counting of ballots on election day, and counting of ballots at the precinct level, and allow voting by mail for registered military personnel and residents of nursing homes and assisted-living facilities
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50263
YES* LB230 Erdman Introduction – Require qualifying identification for voter registration and voting, require in-person voting, provide penalties, eliminate certain fees for state identification cards and certified copies of birth certificates, and change provisions relating to operators’ licenses and state identification cards
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50255
LB233 Cavanaugh, J. Introduction – Provide for child support payment disregard under aid to dependent children program and eliminate child support income in determining eligibility
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50212
LB236 Wayne Introduction – Provide for appointment and powers of problem-solving court judicial officers
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50360
YES* LB254 Brewer Introduction – Require the Legislative Council to develop and maintain a publicly accessible digital Internet archive of closed-captioned video coverage of the Legislature and change powers and duties of the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49867
LB262 Agriculture Committee Introduction – Change and eliminate provisions of the Nebraska Pure Food Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49829
LB263 Agriculture Committee Introduction – Change provisions of the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49794
LR2CA Erdman Referral – Constitutional amendments to change from a unicameral legislature to a bicameral legislature, provide for election of members of the Legislature on a partisan ballot, require election of legislative officers and committee chairpersons by a public vote, and require all meetings of the Legislature to be open to the public
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50002
LR3CA Cavanaugh, J. Referral – Constitutional amendment to provide for nonpartisan nomination and election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, and State Treasurer
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49986
LR4CA Cavanaugh, M. Referral – Constitutional amendment to remove felony convictions other than treason from being a disqualification for voting
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=50009
YES* LR6CA Erdman Referral – Constitutional amendment to prohibit governmental entities from imposing any taxes other than retail consumption taxes and excise taxes
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49772
YES* LR7CA Erdman Referral – Constitutional amendment to require the state to impose a consumption tax or an excise tax on all new goods and services and to provide a tax exemption for grocery items
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49772
LR14CA Briese Introduction – Constitutional amendment to provide for recall of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, or Auditor of Public Accounts or a member of the Legislature
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=49774
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The full list of introduced Legislation can be found here:
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2023
Weekly Schedule: NE Introduced Legislation 2023
