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Agriculture Session Review 2019 

Session Review: Agriculture

July 1, 2019 admin Sen. Steve Halloran, LB657 LB227 LB304 LB243 LB45 LB382

The Agriculture Committee advanced bills this session authorizing the cultivation and processing of hemp, expanding legal protections for agricultural producers and allowing for cottage food sales from a private home.

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Agriculture Session Review 2018 

Session Review: Agriculture

May 15, 2018 admin Sen. Lydia Brasch, LB449 LB1133 LB764

The Agriculture Committee considered bills this session that would have expanded industrial hemp research and authorized Nebraskans to sell cottage foods from their homes.

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Agriculture Session Review 2017 

Session Review: Agriculture

June 22, 2017 admin Sen. Lydia Brasch, LB276 LB134 LB449 LB499

The Agriculture Committee considered bills this session clarifying the definition of hybrid seed corn, repealing the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Management Act and supporting industrial hemp research.

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Agriculture Session Review 2016 

Session Review: Agriculture

May 18, 2016June 21, 2017 admin Sen. Jerry Johnson, LB176 LB730 LR378CA LB945

Members of the Agriculture Committee considered bills on pork production and grain storage regulations this session as well as a proposed amendment to the state constitution guaranteeing the right to farm and ranch.

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Agriculture Session Review 2015 

Session Review: Agriculture

July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 admin Sen. John Kuehn, LB360 LB359 LB389 LB377 LB176 LB175 LB544 LB85 LB183 LB242 LB128

Members of the Legislature’s Agriculture Committee considered a variety of issues this session including commercial pet breeding, competitive livestock marketing

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Agriculture Session Review 2014 

Session Review: Agriculture

May 8, 2014May 8, 2014 admin Sen. Ken Schilz, LB768 LB846 LB941 LB884 LB1008 LB583 LB882 LB696 LB597 LB673

Livestock producers will operate under new procedures implemented as a result of legislation heard by the Legislature’s Agriculture Committee. Livestock

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Agriculture Session Review 2013 

Session Review: Agriculture

July 8, 2013May 8, 2014 admin Sen. Tom Hansen, LB435 LB647 LB423 LB544 LB70 LB67 LB583 LB68 LB69

Lawmakers considered many agricultural issues this session including livestock branding and management, climate change, livestock management and regulatory requirements. North

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Agriculture Session Review 2012 

Session Review: Agriculture

May 4, 2012May 8, 2014 admin Sen. Abbie Cornett, LB427 LB473 LB915 LB905 LB1057 LB770 LB907 LB771 LB1123 LB884

The management of domestic and wild animals, corn and wheat checkoff increases and access to safe and healthful foods topped

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Agriculture Session Review 2011 

Session Review: Agriculture

June 2, 2011March 11, 2013 admin Sen. Tom Carlson, LB108 LB181 LB305 LB114 LB200 LB698 LB427 LB473 LB356 LB126

The Agriculture Committee addressed a number of issues during the 2011 session, including fencing law, a brand inspection surcharge, the

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Agriculture Session Review 2010 

Session Review: Agriculture

April 19, 2010March 12, 2013 admin Sen. Annette Dubas, LB254 LB986 LB667 LB909 LB882 LB910

Licenses for cropdusters, grants for electronic scanners at farmers’ markets, clarifications to division fence statutes and changes to livestock laws

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Agriculture 

Hemp industry authorized

May 24, 2019 admin Sen. Justin Wayne, LB657

Nebraskans may grow, process and handle hemp and hemp products in the state under a bill passed by the Legislature May 24.

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Revenue 

Business tax incentives stall on second round

May 24, 2019 admin Sen. Mark Kolterman, LB720 LB183 LB289

An effort to create a new business tax incentive program to replace the Nebraska Advantage Act stalled on select file May 24 after a failed cloture vote.

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Sen. Mark Kolterman
Revenue 

Business tax incentives advanced after successful cloture vote

May 23, 2019 admin Sen. Mark Kolterman, LB720 LB605 LB527

Lawmakers gave first-round approval May 22 to a bill that would create a new business tax incentive program to replace the Nebraska Advantage Act, which is set to end next year.

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Agriculture 

Hemp regulation proposal amended, returned to final round

May 22, 2019 admin Sen. Justin Wayne, LB657

A bill on final reading that would authorize and regulate the growing, processing and handling of hemp and hemp products in Nebraska was amended May 22 after lawmakers voted to return it to select file.

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Sen. Mark Kolterman
Revenue 

New business tax incentive program debated

May 16, 2019 admin Sen. Mark Kolterman, LB720 LB605 LB527

Lawmakers debated a bill May 15 that would create a new business tax incentive program to replace the Nebraska Advantage Act. The application period for that program is set to end next year.

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