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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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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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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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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The second session of the 107th Legislature adjourned sine die April 20.
Read moreLawmakers passed a bill April 12 that makes a number of changes to laws governing insurance in Nebraska.
Read moreAn 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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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.
Read moreLawmakers 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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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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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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The Appropriations Committee heard several proposals Feb. 17 that would use federal pandemic relief dollars to fund a variety of University of Nebraska projects.
Read moreThe 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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A bill providing a process for exemptions to employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates advanced from general file Feb. 9.
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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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