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Search Results for: Matt Williams

Features Senator features 

Williams makes Capitol investment

April 23, 2015April 6, 2017 admin

Sen. Matt Williams has been actively involved in local and state business communities since taking on the family bank in Gothenburg in 1973. Maybe a little too involved if you ask his wife, Susan. After his appointment as chairman of the American Bankers Association in 2012, Susan gently suggested that Matt pare down his list of more than 20 board memberships.

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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. Matt Williams
Banking Commerce and Insurance Session Review 2022 

Session Review: Banking, Commerce and Insurance

May 12, 2022 admin Sen. Mark Kolterman, LB767 LB863 LB728 LB737 LB739 LB955 LB957 LB1042 LB943 LB1127 LB1190

Pharmacy benefit managers, clinician-administered medication and expanded Medicare eligibility topped the list of issues heard by the Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee and addressed by the Legislature this session.

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Sen. Ben Hansen
Business and Labor Session Review 2022 

Session Review: Business and Labor

May 12, 2022 admin Sen. Terrell McKinney, LB450 LB1215 LB598 LB1163 LB1116 LB717 LB1069 LB1083 LB1084 LB815

Senators passed several measures this session to expand business opportunities and increased compensation provided to the families of first responders who die in the line of duty.

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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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Banking Commerce and Insurance 

Omnibus insurance measure approved

April 13, 2022April 21, 2022 admin Sen. Matt Williams, LB863 LB728 LB737 LB739 LB955 LB957 LB1042

Lawmakers passed a bill April 12 that makes a number of changes to laws governing insurance in Nebraska.

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Business and Labor 

Rural workforce housing program expanded, extended

April 12, 2022April 21, 2022 admin Sen. Matt Williams, LB1069

An effort to increase workforce housing in rural Nebraska communities by updating an existing grant program was approved by lawmakers April 12.

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Sen. Matt Williams
Business and Labor 

Proposal to extend, increase funding for rural housing program advanced

March 29, 2022 admin Sen. Matt Williams, LB1069

A bill that would update an existing grant program in an effort to increase workforce housing in rural communities was advanced from general file March 28.

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Appropriations 

Cash reserve budget bill advanced after cloture vote

March 22, 2022March 25, 2022 admin Sen. John Stinner, LB1013 LB1023 LB1015 LB1074 LB788 LB1233 LB1071 LB1252 LB792

Lawmakers gave first-round approval March 22 to the last of three main bills comprising the Appropriations Committee’s mid-biennium budget adjustment package.

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Sen. Curt Friesen
Transportation and Telecommunications 

One-call system complaint procedure advanced

March 11, 2022March 12, 2022 admin Sen. Curt Friesen, LB344

A new process to review complaints that allege violations of the state’s One-Call Notification System Act would be established under a bill given first-round approval March 11.

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Sen. Matt Williams
Banking Commerce and Insurance 

Banking omnibus bill advanced

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 admin Sen. Matt Williams, LB863 LB728 LB737 LB739 LB955 LB957 LB1042

A bill that would adopt updates to the Insurance Holding Company System Act was amended to become an omnibus banking measure and advanced from general file March 3.

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Sen. Matt Williams
Appropriations 

Array of university funding proposals considered

February 18, 2022 admin Sen. Matt Williams, LB703 LB721 LB904 LB766 LB950 LB961 LB962 LB1054

The Appropriations Committee heard several proposals Feb. 17 that would use federal pandemic relief dollars to fund a variety of University of Nebraska projects.

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Business and Labor 

Proposal would extend, increase funding for rural housing program

February 15, 2022 admin Sen. Matt Williams, LB1069

The Business and Labor Committee heard testimony Feb. 14 on a bill that would update an existing grant program in an effort to increase workforce housing in rural communities. 

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Sen. Ben Hansen
Health and Human Services 

COVID-19 vaccine exemption amended, advanced

February 9, 2022 admin Sen. Ben Hansen, LB906

A bill providing a process for exemptions to employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates advanced from general file Feb. 9.

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Sen. Robert Clements
Revenue 

Bill to cut inheritance tax rates, increase exemptions advanced

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 admin Sen. Robert Clements, LB310

Lawmakers gave first-round approval Jan. 11 to a bill that would cut Nebraska’s inheritance tax rates while increasing the amount of property value that is exempt from the tax.

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