Session Review: Banking, Commerce and Insurance
Insurance coverage for children’s hearing aids and behavioral health services were addressed this session, along with regulation of automatic teller machine fees and real estate licenses.
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Session Review: Business and Labor
Among the issues considered by members of the Business and Labor Committee this session were strengthening worker protections, raising the tipped minimum wage and expanding unemployment benefits and family leave.
Read moreSession Review: Executive Board
Legislative oversight, additional budget requirements and redistricting concerns topped the list of Executive Board issues considered by lawmakers this session.
Read moreSession Review: Health and Human Services
Public benefit requirements, licensure changes and pharmacy practice updates were the top health and human services issues addressed by lawmakers this session.
Read moreSession Review: Judiciary
Lawmakers considered measures this session to ensure fair treatment for minors engaged in the court system, legalize medical cannabis and provide additional oversight of the state correctional system.
Read moreSession Review: Revenue
The Revenue Committee advanced bills this session that would require a political subdivision to hold a public hearing before increasing its property tax request, require out-of-state internet retailers to collect state sales tax on purchases made by Nebraska residents and allow a county to impose a sales tax to pay a federal judgment against it.
Read moreBusiness tax incentives stall on second round
An effort to create a new business tax incentive program to replace the Nebraska Advantage Act stalled on select file May 24 after a failed cloture vote.
Read moreCriminal penalties for ‘revenge porn’ amended, advanced
Lawmakers amended and advanced a bill from select file May 22 that would prohibit the intentional or threatening distribution of intimate images.
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Criminal, civil penalties for ‘revenge porn’ advanced
Lawmakers advanced two bills from general file May 16 that would prohibit the intentional or threatening distribution of intimate images.
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New business tax incentive program debated
Lawmakers debated a bill May 15 that would create a new business tax incentive program to replace the Nebraska Advantage Act. The application period for that program is set to end next year.
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Wind turbine decommissioning requirements stall
A bill that would require owners to remove a wind turbine’s concrete foundation after decommissioning stalled on first-round debate April 23.
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Statewide regulations for small wireless facilities advanced
Lawmakers gave first-round approval April 23 to a bill that would give wireless companies the right to place small cell wireless facilities in public rights of way.
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Eminent domain compromise advances
Landowners would have the ability to contest the use of eminent domain by renewable energy developers under a bill that advanced to select file April 17.
Read moreBill guarantees free communication for inmates, attorneys
An inmate is guaranteed access to his or her attorney under a bill passed by the Legislature March 21.
Read moreRemote seller sales tax requirements passed
Internet retailers without a physical presence in Nebraska are required to collect and remit state sales tax on purchases made by Nebraska residents under a bill passed by lawmakers March 15.
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