Session Review: Appropriations
Lawmakers allocated more than a billion dollars in federal pandemic relief this session and made adjustments to the state’s two-year budget.
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Session Review: Banking, Commerce and Insurance
Pharmacy benefit managers, clinician-administered medication and expanded Medicare eligibility topped the list of issues heard by the Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee and addressed by the Legislature this session.
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Session Review: Business and Labor
Senators passed several measures this session to expand business opportunities and increased compensation provided to the families of first responders who die in the line of duty.
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Legislature adjourns sine die, 13 senators depart
The second session of the 107th Legislature adjourned sine die April 20.
Read moreOmnibus insurance measure approved
Lawmakers passed a bill April 12 that makes a number of changes to laws governing insurance in Nebraska.
Read moreRural workforce housing program expanded, extended
An effort to increase workforce housing in rural Nebraska communities by updating an existing grant program was approved by lawmakers April 12.
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Proposal to extend, increase funding for rural housing program advanced
A bill that would update an existing grant program in an effort to increase workforce housing in rural communities was advanced from general file March 28.
Read moreCash reserve budget bill advanced after cloture vote
Lawmakers gave first-round approval March 22 to the last of three main bills comprising the Appropriations Committee’s mid-biennium budget adjustment package.
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One-call system complaint procedure advanced
A new process to review complaints that allege violations of the state’s One-Call Notification System Act would be established under a bill given first-round approval March 11.
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Banking omnibus bill advanced
A bill that would adopt updates to the Insurance Holding Company System Act was amended to become an omnibus banking measure and advanced from general file March 3.
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Array of university funding proposals considered
The Appropriations Committee heard several proposals Feb. 17 that would use federal pandemic relief dollars to fund a variety of University of Nebraska projects.
Read moreProposal would extend, increase funding for rural housing program
The Business and Labor Committee heard testimony Feb. 14 on a bill that would update an existing grant program in an effort to increase workforce housing in rural communities.
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COVID-19 vaccine exemption amended, advanced
A bill providing a process for exemptions to employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates advanced from general file Feb. 9.
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Bill to cut inheritance tax rates, increase exemptions advanced
Lawmakers gave first-round approval Jan. 11 to a bill that would cut Nebraska’s inheritance tax rates while increasing the amount of property value that is exempt from the tax.
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Bill introduction begins
Senators reconvened Jan. 5 to begin introduction of new bills.
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