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.
Read moreLawmakers allocated more than a billion dollars in federal pandemic relief this session and made adjustments to the state’s two-year budget.
Read moreMeasures intended to attract and retain teachers, improve student access to mental and behavioral health services and prepare students for technology-related jobs were among those advanced by the Education Committee this session.
Read moreChild welfare reform, licensure requirements and vaccine exemptions were among the measures considered by the Health and Human Services Committee this session.
Read moreLawmakers considered an array of measures to expand prison and parole evaluations, provide reimbursement payments to county jails that hold inmates under certain conditions and expand protections to victims of sexual assault and sex trafficking.
Read moreSenators made a number of changes to family law in Nebraska under a bill passed April 12.
Read moreOwners of modern farm machinery would have the same access as authorized dealers to the software, tools, technical manuals and parts needed to make repairs under a bill discussed on general file April 7.
Read moreA proposed constitutional amendment that would replace Nebraska’s tax system with retail consumption and excise taxes failed to advance from general file April 5.
Read moreA bill that would expand state review of child deaths to allow inclusion of stillbirths was amended to become an omnibus family law bill and advanced from select file March 23.
Read moreEarly childhood education programs are included in the Nebraska farm-to-school program under a bill given final approval Feb. 28.
Read moreA bill intended to improve Nebraska’s ability to plan for and respond to emergency catastrophic livestock mortality events advanced from general file Feb. 25.
Read moreThe Appropriations Committee heard testimony Feb. 9 on a proposal that would use federal pandemic relief funds to assist independent meat processors in Nebraska.
Read moreEarly childhood education programs would be included in the Nebraska farm-to-school program under a bill given first-round approval Feb. 8.
Read moreA bill that would require forensic evidence to be collected upon arrest for certain felony charges advanced from select file Jan. 19 following a successful cloture motion.
Read moreEarly childhood education programs would be included in the Nebraska Farm-to-School program under a bill considered Jan. 18 by the Education Committee.
Read moreSenators reconvened Jan. 12 to continue introduction of new bills.
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