Session Review: Executive Board
Legislative oversight, performance audit reporting requirements and redistricting concerns topped the list of Executive Board issues considered by lawmakers this session.
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Session Review: Health and Human Services
Occupational licensure reform and public benefits topped the list of health and human services issues considered by lawmakers this session.
Read moreSession Review: Judiciary
Senators passed measures this session to provide additional oversight of the state correctional system, ensure fair treatment for minors engaged in the court system and address the state’s opioid epidemic.
Read moreOmnibus occupational licensure bill approved
A bill that makes numerous changes to licensure requirements for health-related occupations passed April 18.
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Legislative oversight of mental health facilities approved
The Legislature voted April 11 to create a special legislative committee to look into state-licensed care facilities housing residents diagnosed with mental illness.
Read moreConvictions to be set aside for sex trafficking victims
Victims of sex trafficking can have their convictions set aside and their court records sealed under a bill passed by the Legislature April 11.
Read moreRequirement for correctional overcrowding emergency plan approved
The state Department of Correctional Services will be required to develop an accelerated release plan for inmates under a bill passed by the Legislature April 11.
Read moreEmancipation process approved for minors
The Legislature passed a bill April 11 that allows certain minors to seek legal independence.
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Stronger scrutiny proposed in cases of police misconduct
Lawmakers discussed a bill April 4 that would eliminate certain conflicts of interest and provide accountability and transparency in Nebraska State Patrol investigations.
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Requirement for correctional overcrowding emergency plan advanced
The state Department of Correctional Services would be required to develop an accelerated release plan for inmates under a bill advanced by the Legislature March 29.
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Title X compromise reached, state budget adjustments advance
Lawmakers reached a compromise on Title X provisions in the state’s mainline budget March 28, amending and advancing the bill to final reading.
Read moreTighter controls on opiate prescriptions passed
A bill to tighten restrictions on dispensing opiates in Nebraska was passed by the Legislature March 29.
Read moreOmnibus occupational licensure bill advanced
A bill that would allow pharmacies in Nebraska to provide remote drug dispensing was amended to become an omnibus health and human services licensure measure and advanced from general file March 27.
Read moreProposal advanced to set aside convictions for sex trafficking victims
Victims of sex trafficking could have their convictions set aside and their court records sealed under a bill advanced by lawmakers March 21.
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Periodic legislative review of occupational licensing laws advanced
Senators advanced a bill March 14 that would require the Legislature to regularly review Nebraska’s occupational licensing laws.
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