Expanded perinatal mental health screening proposed
A bill to expand mental health screening for women who have recently given birth was heard Jan. 19 by the Health and Human Services Committee.
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Day seven bill introduction
Senators reconvened Jan. 13 to continue introduction of new bills.
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Day three bill introduction
Senators reconvened Jan. 7 to continue introduction of new bills.
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Session Review: Education
Measures to create a school safety reporting system, establish a statewide farm-to-school program and require schools to create health plans for students with seizure disorders were among the proposals advanced by the Education Committee this session.
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Session Review: Urban Affairs
Lawmakers established inland port authorities, implemented provisions of an economic development-related constitutional amendment, updated annexation law and created a registry for home inspectors.
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Session Review: Revenue
The Revenue Committee advanced bills this session that cut Nebraska’s top corporate income tax rate and will exempt military retirement pay and a percentage of Social Security income from state income tax.
Read moreEducation cleanup, extension of lottery allocations approved
Lawmakers passed a bill May 20 that makes several technical changes to education law and extends current allocations of lottery funds to education-related programs.
Read moreUrban affairs omnibus bill passed
An omnibus municipal governance measure passed May 20.
Read moreEarlier transition services for students with disabilities approved
Nebraska public schools will provide transition services to each student with a developmental disability two years sooner under a bill passed by lawmakers May 19.
Read moreEducation cleanup bill amended to extend lottery allocations
A bill containing several technical changes to education law advanced to the final round of debate May 18 after lawmakers amended it to extend the current allocations of lottery funds to education-related programs.
Read moreEducation lottery fund proposal stalls
A bill that would allocate state lottery funds to behavioral awareness and intervention training stalled on the second round of debate May 18 after a failed cloture motion.
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Highway bonding proposal held until next session
The state highway commission could issue up to $400 million in bonds over the next six years to speed completion of Nebraska’s expressway system under a bill discussed on general file May 12.
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Transportation department reporting requirement clears first round
A bill introduced to appropriate funds to the Nebraska Department of Transportation to speed work on the state’s expressway system was narrowed to a reporting requirement before being advanced to select file May 12.
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Proposal to assist children with developmental disabilities advanced
A bill that seeks to supplement existing services for children with developmental disabilities in Nebraska advanced from general file May 11.
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School finance review commission clears first round
A commission would conduct an in-depth review of Nebraska public elementary and secondary school financing under a bill advanced from general file May 6.
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