2023 Priority Bill Listing
Senator Priority Bills
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Priority |
Document Number |
Primary Introducer |
Status | Description |
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Senator Aguilar | LB81 | Senator Aguilar | Indefinitely postponed | Change number of county judges in Buffalo and Hall counties |
Senator Albrecht | LB626 | Senator Albrecht | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Nebraska Heartbeat Act |
Senator Arch | LB461 | Senator Arch | Passed | Change, transfer, and eliminate provisions relating to the materiel division of the Department of Administrative Services and procurement of services and personal property |
Senator Armendariz | LB684 | Senator Briese | Indefinitely postponed | Provide for a review of services provided by state agencies |
Senator Ballard | LB732 | Senator Bostar | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions of the Convention Center Facility Financing Assistance Act |
Senator Blood | LR1CA | Senator Blood | Indefinitely postponed | Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to reimburse political subdivisions as prescribed |
Senator Bostar | LB63 | Senator Bostar | Indefinitely postponed | Require withholding of distributions to telecommunications companies from the Nebraska Telecommunications Universal Service Fund |
Senator Bostelman | LB165 | Senator von Gillern | Indefinitely postponed | Include elementary and secondary schools in the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and change tax benefits |
Senator Brandt | LB61 | Senator Brandt | Passed | Change provisions relating to regulation of dark fiber |
Senator Brewer | LB77 | Senator Brewer | Passed | 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 |
Senator Briese | LB243 | Senator Briese | Passed | Adopt the School District Property Tax Limitation Act, change levying authority and provide aid to community college areas, and change provisions relating to the Tax Equalization and Review Commission and property and income taxes |
Senator Cavanaugh, J. | LB184 | Senator Cavanaugh, J. | Passed | Provide for inadmissibility of statements of juveniles during transfer proceedings |
Senator Conrad | LB294 | Senator Conrad | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Child Tax Credit Act |
Senator Day | LB84 | Senator Day | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program |
Senator DeBoer | LB35 | Senator DeBoer | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions relating to child care assistance |
Senator DeKay | LB768 | Senator DeKay | Indefinitely postponed | Transfer money from the Cash Reserve Fund to the Critical Infrastructure Facilities Cash Fund |
Senator Dorn | LB562 | Senator Dorn | Passed | Adopt the E-15 Access Standard Act and change provisions of the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Act, the Nebraska Higher Blend Tax Credit Act, the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Act, and the Nebraska Pure Food Act |
Senator Dover | LR22CA | Senator Dover | Indefinitely postponed | Constitutional amendment to change legislative term limits to three consecutive terms |
Senator Dungan | LB14 | Senator Dungan | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions under the Young Adult Bridge to Independence Act |
Senator Erdman | LB79 | Senator Erdman | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Nebraska EPIC Option Consumption Tax Act |
Senator Fredrickson | LB256 | Senator Brewer | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions related to insurance coverage of telehealth |
Senator Geist | LB447 | Senator Bostar | Indefinitely postponed | Provide an income tax deduction for retired firefighters for health insurance premiums, rename and change provisions of the Law Enforcement Education Act to include tuition waivers for professional firefighters and dependents, and provide powers and duties for the Department of Revenue |
Senator Halloran | LB195 | Senator Halloran | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Faithful Delegate to Federal Article V Convention Act |
Senator Hansen, B. | LB91 | Senator Hansen, B. | Indefinitely postponed | Change motorcycle, moped, and autocycle helmet and eye protection provisions |
Senator Hardin | LB277 | Senator Brewer | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the First Freedom Act and authorize the wearing of tribal regalia by students |
Senator Holdcroft | LB769 | Senator Holdcroft | Indefinitely postponed | Authorize use of the Critical Infrastructure Facilities Cash Fund to develop a sewer system |
Senator Hughes | LB584 | Senator Hughes | Indefinitely postponed | Impose a tax on selling or dealing in electronic nicotine delivery systems |
Senator Hunt | LB307 | Senator Hunt | Governor Veto | Authorize syringe services programs in municipalities and counties and provide exceptions to penalties related to drug paraphernalia under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act |
Senator Ibach | LB249 | Senator Briese | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions of the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act |
Senator Jacobson | LB644 | Senator McDonnell | Passed | Change provisions relating to the use of the Site and Building Development Fund |
Senator Clements | LB575 | Senator Kauth | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Sports and Spaces Act |
Senator Kauth | LB574 | Senator Kauth | Passed | Adopt the Let Them Grow Act and the Preborn Child Protection Act and provide for discipline under the Uniform Credentialing Act |
Senator Linehan | LB753 | Senator Linehan | Passed | Adopt the Opportunity Scholarships Act and provide tax credits |
Senator Lowe | LB297 | Senator Sanders | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Personal Privacy Protection Act |
Senator McDonnell | LB617 | Senator McDonnell | Indefinitely postponed | Create the Economic Development Cash Fund to award a grant relating to the federal Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act |
Senator McKinney | LB631 | Senator McKinney | Passed | Change provisions relating to the Board of Parole, eligibility for parole, reentry services, post-release supervision, grant programs, and prisons, adopt the Community Work Release and Reentry Centers Act, provide for performance metrics, Parole School, book donations, and reentry career planning, and transfer the Division of Parole Supervision to the Department of Correctional Services |
Senator Lippincott | LB71 | Senator Sanders | Passed | Change provisions relating to early childhood education, parental involvement in and access to learning materials in schools, and the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and provide a process for repeating a grade upon request |
Senator Moser | LB706 | Senator Moser | Indefinitely postponed | Authorize the issuance of highway bonds under the Nebraska Highway Bond Act |
Senator Murman | LB810 | Senator Murman | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Medical Ethics and Diversity Act |
Senator Raybould | LB327 | Senator Raybould | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act |
Senator Riepe | LB586 | Senator Hughes | Indefinitely postponed | Provide duties for the Nebraska Center for Nursing regarding clinical training sites |
Senator Sanders | LB583 | Senator Sanders | Passed | Change provisions of the Special Education Act and the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act |
Senator Slama | LB343 | Senator Slama | Indefinitely postponed | Prohibit public contracts with companies that boycott Israel |
Senator Vargas | LB570 | Senator Vargas | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Overdose Fatality Review Teams Act |
Senator von Gillern | LB805 | Senator von Gillern | Indefinitely postponed | Require schools to allow certain youth organizations to provide information, services, and activities |
Senator Walz | LB516 | Senator Walz | Indefinitely postponed | Provide and change powers and duties for the State Department of Education, Commissioner of Education, State Board of Education, and the state school security director, provide grants to school districts for security-related infrastructure projects, and provide grants to educational service units and local public health departments to hire school psychologists and licensed mental health practitioners as prescribed |
Senator Wayne | LB792 | Senator Wayne | Indefinitely postponed | Provide for a pilot program for assessing and treating post traumatic stress disorder |
Senator Wishart | LB709 | Senator Wishart | Indefinitely postponed | Create the Convention and Event Center Capital Construction Program |
Committee Priority Bills
Priority |
Document Number |
Primary Introducer |
Status | Description |
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Agriculture Committee | LB262 | Agriculture Committee | Passed | Change and eliminate provisions relating to warehouse operators, hemp, the Grain Dealer Act, the Grain Warehouse Act, the Nebraska Agricultural Products Marketing Act, the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act, the Nebraska Corn Resources Act, the Nebraska Pure Food Act, and the Uniform Controlled Substances Act |
Agriculture Committee | LB116 | Senator Brandt | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions of the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Act |
Appropriations Committee | LB597 | Senator Clements | Indefinitely postponed | Appropriate funds to the Legislative Council |
Appropriations Committee | LB598 | Senator Clements | Indefinitely postponed | Eliminate obsolete provisions relating to the Cash Reserve Fund |
Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee | LB92 | Senator Slama | Passed | Provide, change, and eliminate law relating to banking, commerce, insurance, housing, and taxation |
Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee | LB214 | Senator Slama | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt changes to federal law regarding banking and finance and change provisions relating to digital asset depositories, loan brokers, mortgage loan originators, and installment loans |
Business and Labor Committee | LB267 | Senator Brewer | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Critical Infrastructure Utility Worker Protection Act |
Business and Labor Committee | LB191 | Senator Halloran | Passed | Adopt the Critical Infrastructure Utility Worker Protection Act and change provisions relating to the Contractor Registration Act, the Employment Security Law, the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act, and the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act |
Education Committee | LB385 | Senator Linehan | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act |
Education Committee | LB705 | Senator Murman | Passed | Provide, change, transfer, and eliminate provisions relating to education |
Executive Board | LB254 | Senator Brewer | Passed | Provide and change requirements relating to video coverage of the Legislature, performance audits, and the Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee |
Executive Board | LB552 | Senator Cavanaugh, J. | Indefinitely postponed | Change requirements for the Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee |
General Affairs Committee | LB376 | Senator Lowe | Passed | Change provisions of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act |
General Affairs Committee | LB775 | Senator Lowe | Passed | Change provisions relating to horseracing, the Nebraska Bingo Act, the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act, and the Nebraska Visitors Development Act |
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee | LB535 | Senator Slama | Indefinitely postponed | Require valid photographic identification and change provisions relating to voting under the Election Act and certain identification documents |
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee | LB514 | Senator Brewer | Passed | Provide for valid photographic identification for voting purposes and change provisions relating to voting and counting ballots and certain identification documents |
Health and Human Services Committee | LB227 | Senator Hansen, B. | Passed | Change provisions relating to public health and welfare |
Health and Human Services Committee | LB181 | Senator Hansen, B. | Indefinitely postponed | Provide for filling and refilling prescriptions in certain circumstances |
Judiciary Committee | LB341 | Senator Halloran | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the State and Political Subdivisions Child Sexual Abuse Liability Act and exempt actions from the State Tort Claims Act and Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act |
Judiciary Committee | LB348 | Senator Wayne | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Community Work Release and Treatment Centers Act and change provisions relating to the Board of Parole, the Department of Correctional Services, and the Office of Probation Administration |
Judiciary Committee | LB50 | Senator Wayne | Passed | Change provisions relating to the administration of justice |
Legislative Performance Audit Committee | LB90 | Senator Dorn | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions relating to tax incentive performance audits |
Legislature's Planning Committee | LB157 | Senator DeBoer | Passed | Provide for appointment of temporary guardians and change provisions relating to attorney's fees, third-party practice, change of name proceedings, enforcement of debts against certain victims, controlled substances schedules, decedents' estates, and crime victims' reparations |
Natural Resources Committee | LB425 | Senator Bostelman | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions relating to the Game and Parks Commission and the Game Law |
Natural Resources Committee | LB565 | Senator Bostelman | Passed | Adopt the Public Water and Natural Resources Project Contracting Act and the Nuclear and Hydrogen Development Act and change provisions relating to municipal cooperative financing, scrap tires, power conservation and development, and the Game Law |
Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee | LB103 | Senator McDonnell | Passed | Change provisions of the County Employees Retirement Act, the Judges Retirement Act, the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement Act, the School Employees Retirement Act, and the State Employees Retirement Act |
Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee | LB198 | Senator McDonnell | Passed | Change provisions relating to participation in and implementation of public retirement provisions |
Revenue Committee | LB388 | Senator Linehan | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Property Tax Growth Limitation Act, the Advertising Services Tax Act, and the Property Tax Relief Act and change provisions relating to revenue and taxation |
Revenue Committee | LB727 | Senator Linehan | Passed | Change provisions relating to revenue and taxation |
Revenue Committee | LB754 | Senator Linehan | Passed | Adopt the Child Care Tax Credit Act and change provisions relating to the School Readiness Tax Credit Act and income tax rates |
State-Tribal Relations Committee | LB474 | Senator Wayne | Indefinitely postponed | Provide duties for the Nebraska State Historical Society relating to the Mayhew Cabin and Fort Robinson historical sites |
Transportation and Telecommunications Committee | LB683 | Transportation and Telecommunications Committee | Passed | Change provisions relating to the County Bridge Match Program, the Highway Cash Fund, the Nebraska Telecommunications Universal Service Fund, the Roads Operations Cash Fund, the Nebraska Broadband Bridge Act, the One-Call Notification System Act, and the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act, adopt the Rural Communications Sustainability Act, and create the Nebraska Broadband Office and the Underground Excavation Safety Committee |
Transportation and Telecommunications Committee | LB412 | Senator Moser | Indefinitely postponed | Provide powers for the Public Service Commission under the Nebraska Broadband Bridge Act |
Urban Affairs Committee | LB531 | Senator McKinney | Passed | Create and change grant and economic and community development programs, change municipal governance and regulation provisions and state building code provisions, authorize transfer of investment interest on certain funds and Cash Reserve Fund transfers, and authorize development of the Mayhew Cabin historical site and a Chief Standing Bear museum and visitor center |
Urban Affairs Committee | LB629 | Senator McKinney | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions of the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act and the Economic Recovery Act |
Speaker Priority Bills
Priority |
Document Number |
Primary Introducer |
Status | Description |
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Speaker Arch | LB11 | Senator Blood | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions relating to domestic abuse protection orders |
Speaker Arch | LB78 | Senator Day | Passed | Redefine massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Practice Act |
Speaker Arch | LB138 | Senator Bosn | Passed | Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers and change provisions relating to transportation |
Speaker Arch | LB206 | Senator von Gillern | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions relating to the taxation of partnerships |
Speaker Arch | LB220 | Senator Ibach | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions relating to the Board of Pardons’ powers and duties and required notices to crime victims |
Speaker Arch | LB276 | Senator Wishart | Passed | Adopt the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Act |
Speaker Arch | LB286 | Senator Walz | Indefinitely postponed | Provide for confidentiality of a physician wellness program under the Uniform Credentialing Act |
Speaker Arch | LB296 | Senator Ballard | Passed | Adopt the Pet Insurance Act, require use of National Provider Identifiers by health care providers, and change insurance reimbursement provisions for telehealth services |
Speaker Arch | LB298 | Senator Linehan | Passed | Adopt the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact and require school districts and the State Department of Education to collect and report information regarding dyslexia and other learning disabilities and to establish dress code and grooming policies |
Speaker Arch | LB308 | Senator Bostar | Passed | Adopt the Genetic Information Privacy Act |
Speaker Arch | LB314 | Senator Fredrickson | Indefinitely postponed | Require firearm dealers to provide information on suicide prevention and require training on suicide prevention under the Concealed Handgun Permit Act |
Speaker Arch | LB335 | Senator Halloran | Indefinitely postponed | Adopt the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act |
Speaker Arch | LB387 | Senator Linehan | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions relating to income tax rates |
Speaker Arch | LB426 | Senator Riepe | Indefinitely postponed | Change the number of judges on the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court |
Speaker Arch | LB462 | Senator Conrad | Indefinitely postponed | Redefine a term under the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act |
Speaker Arch | LB465 | Senator Moser | Indefinitely postponed | Change the allocation of fees for operators' licenses and state identification cards |
Speaker Arch | LB580 | Senator Holdcroft | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions relating to agricultural or horticultural land receiving special valuation |
Speaker Arch | LB585 | Senator Hughes | Indefinitely postponed | Change a duty of the state school security director and require behavioral and mental health training for certain school personnel |
Speaker Arch | LB630 | Senator McKinney | Indefinitely postponed | Provide a duty to the State Department of Education and require a school board to adopt a written dress code |
Speaker Arch | LB647 | Senator McDonnell | Indefinitely postponed | Change provisions relating to the purchase and loan of textbooks for children enrolled in kindergarten to grade twelve of a private school |
Speaker Arch | LB664 | Senator Riepe | Passed | Provide powers and duties for the state medicaid fraud control unit and the Attorney General |
Speaker Arch | LB671 | Senator Hansen, B. | Indefinitely postponed | Allow the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund to be used for retention of existing employees of Nebraska businesses |
Speaker Arch | LB757 | Senator DeBoer | Indefinitely postponed | Change requirements for applications under the Nebraska Crime Victim's Reparations Act |
Speaker Arch | LB799 | Senator DeBoer | Passed | Change judges' salaries, judgeships in county courts and the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court, and provisions relating to the Supreme Court and the College of Law |