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Executive Board Session Review 2019

Session Review: Executive Board

July 1, 2019 admin Sen. Mike Hilgers, LR104 LB600 LB330 LB332 LB572 LB631 LB713 LB466 LB253 LB261 LB467

Legislative oversight, additional budget requirements and redistricting concerns topped the list of Executive Board issues considered by lawmakers this session.

Natural Resources Session Review 2019

Session Review: Judiciary

July 1, 2019 admin Sen. Steve Lathrop, LB686 LB91 LB233 LB739 LB90 LB240 LB262 LB684 LB532 LB352 LB354 LB478 LB231 LB595 LB300 LB309 LB179 LB44 LB154 LB390 LB369 LB519 LB517 LB516 LB479 LB496 LB630 LB680 LB690 LB443 LB209 LB13 LR1CA LB433 LB434 LB110 LB627 LB54

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.

Session Review 2019 Urban Affairs

Session Review: Urban Affairs

July 1, 2019 admin Sen. Justin Wayne, LB492 LB87 LB160 LB424 LB66 LB96 LB348 LB130 LR14CA LB23 LB57 LB445 LB85 LB136

Senators authorized creation of a new regional transit authority, addressed blighted properties, updated building codes and approved a constitutional amendment ballot question this session.

Judiciary

Omnibus criminal justice reform bill approved

May 24, 2019 admin Sen. Steve Lathrop, LB686 LB91 LB233 LB739 LB90 LB240 LB262 LB684

The Legislature approved a bill May 24 that makes several changes to current criminal justice statutes.

Judiciary

Monetary damages approved for victims of ‘revenge porn’

May 24, 2019 admin Sen. Wendy DeBoer, LB680

A victim of the intentional or threatening distribution of intimate images could seek damages under a bill passed May 24.

Judiciary

Criminal, civil penalties for ‘revenge porn’ advanced

May 16, 2019May 23, 2019 admin Sen. Adam Morfeld, LB630 LB510 LB680

Lawmakers advanced two bills from general file May 16 that would prohibit the intentional or threatening distribution of intimate images.

Judiciary

Criminal justice reforms advanced

May 15, 2019 admin Sen. Steve Lathrop, LB686 LB91 LB233 LB739 LB90 LB240 LB262 LB684

The Legislature advanced a bill from general file May 15 that would make several changes to current criminal justice statutes.

Urban Affairs

Radon mitigation bill approved

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 admin Sen. Wendy DeBoer, LB130

Lawmakers passed a bill May 2 that requires the state’s building code to adopt standards for radon-resistant construction for new houses and commercial, educational and medical structures.

Natural Resources

Eminent domain compromise advances

April 18, 2019June 20, 2019 admin Sen. Tom Brewer, LB155

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.

Transportation and Telecommunications

Support the troops license plates advanced

April 15, 2019 admin Sen. Carol Blood, LB138 LB696 LB697 LB626

Senators advanced a bill from general file April 15 that would create several new specialty license plates.

Education

School financing review commission proposed

March 20, 2019March 22, 2019 admin Sen. Wendy DeBoer, LB679

A commission to examine Nebraska public school financing would monitor the implementation of its suggested policy over the next decade under a bill heard March 19 by the Education Committee.

Urban Affairs

Radon mitigation bill advances

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 admin Sen. Wendy DeBoer, LB130

Lawmakers advanced a bill to select file March 18 that would require the state’s building code to adopt standards for radon-resistant construction for new houses.

Senator features

New senator is always learning

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 admin

There are moments when Sen. Wendy DeBoer catches herself mid-sentence. She’s earned four advanced degrees, and is pursuing a fifth, and knows she can give more details in response to a question than the asker might have expected.