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Search Results for: John Stinner

Ceremonies 

Day three bill introduction

January 8, 2021 admin Sen. John Stinner, LB140 LB151 LB179 LB186 LB188 LB199 LB205 LB211 LB212 LR13CA

Senators reconvened Jan. 8 to introduce new bills.

Among the 76 measures introduced were:

LB140, sponsored by Gering Sen. John Stinner, which would change provisions relating to enforcement of railroad safety standards;

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Features Senator features 

Banker invests in legislative service

February 6, 2015April 6, 2017 admin

Sen. John Stinner’s path to the Nebraska Legislature began in a Pennsylvania household with seven siblings.

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Sen. John Stinner
Appropriations Session Review 2022 

Session Review: Appropriations

May 12, 2022 admin Sen. Tom Brandt, LB1014 LB755 LB867 LB1025 LB1066 LB1087 LB1089 LB1100 LB1172 LB1201 LB1203 LB1255 LB1183 LB1267 LB1011 LB703 LB762 LB893 LB989 LB1023 LB1164 LB1012 LB759 LB766 LB911 LB1074 LB1114 LB1013 LB1015 LB788 LB1233 LB1071 LB792 LB721 LB977

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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Sen. John Arch
Health and Human Services Session Review 2022 

Session Review: Health and Human Services

May 12, 2022 admin Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, LB1173 LB491 LB541 LB854 LB932 LB741 LB245 LB626 LB901 LB1009 LB376 LB1004 LB436 LB752 LB15 LB374 LB554 LB753 LB905 LB716 LB906 LB859 LB1068 LB1048 LB698 LB121

Child welfare reform, licensure requirements and vaccine exemptions were among the measures considered by the Health and Human Services Committee this session.

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2022 Sine Die
Ceremonies 

Legislature adjourns sine die, 13 senators depart

April 20, 2022April 21, 2022 admin

The second session of the 107th Legislature adjourned sine die April 20.

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Health and Human Services 

Funds approved for behavioral health residency program, AltEn study

April 13, 2022 admin Sen. John Stinner, LB1068 LB1048

Lawmakers passed a bill April 12 intended to boost behavioral health provider capacity in underserved areas of Nebraska and fund continuation of a study of the impacts of the AltEn ethanol plant in Mead.

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Revenue 

Executive branch closing fund pulled from agenda

April 12, 2022 admin Sen. Brett Lindstrom, LB729

A proposal to create a fund that Nebraska’s governor could use to attract and retain “high-impact” business projects or facilities stalled on select file April 11 after Speaker Mike Hilgers of Lincoln requested that lawmakers pass over it.

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Revenue 

Tax proposals narrowed, advanced to final round

April 12, 2022 admin Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, LB927 LB1261 LB984

Lawmakers scaled back three tax-related measures on select file April 11 to reduce a projected budget deficit at the end of the next fiscal biennium.

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Appropriations 

Pandemic funding bill approved

April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 admin Sen. Mike Hilgers, LB1014 LB1089 LB1066 LB1172 LB1201

Lawmakers passed a bill April 7 that appropriates the $1.04 billion allocated to Nebraska from federal pandemic relief funds.

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Sen. John Stinner
Appropriations 

Lawmakers override line-item vetos; budget adjustments stand

April 7, 2022 admin Sen. John Stinner, LB1011 LB1013 LB1012

Senators approved all the motions offered by the Appropriations Committee to override line-item vetoes of the state’s budget adjustment package April 7.

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Sen. Steve Lathrop
Judiciary 

Criminal justice reform measure stalls on first round

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 admin Sen. Steve Lathrop, LB920

A bill that would enact a series of measures intended to reduce Nebraska’s inmate population and lower recidivism rates stalled April 6 after a failed cloture motion.

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Sen. John Stinner
Health and Human Services 

Behavioral health residency proposal advanced

April 1, 2022 admin Sen. John Stinner, LB1068 LB1048

Lawmakers gave first-round approval March 31 to a bill intended to boost behavioral health provider capacity in underserved areas of Nebraska after amending it to include a study requirement of the impacts of the AltEn ethanol plant in Mead.

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Appropriations 

Budget adjustment package passed

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 admin Sen. Mike Hilgers, LB1013 LB1011 LB1012

Lawmakers gave final approval March 29 to the Appropriations Committee’s mid-biennium budget adjustment package.

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Appropriations 

Pandemic funding bill clears second round

March 29, 2022April 1, 2022 admin Sen. John Stinner, LB1014 LB1203 LB867

Lawmakers amended and advanced a bill March 28 that would appropriate the $1.04 billion allocated to Nebraska from federal pandemic relief funds after approving several amendments that made minor modifications to individual allocations within the proposal.

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Sen. Tom Briese and Sen. Lou Ann Linehan
Revenue 

Social Security income tax phaseout stalls on second round

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 admin Sen. Brett Lindstrom, LB825 LB939 LB723 LB1107

A proposal to speed up the eventual elimination of state taxation of Social Security income stalled on select file March 25 after a failed cloture motion.

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