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Appropriations

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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Appropriations 

Rural health training facility funding approved

April 13, 2022 admin Sen. John Lowe, LB792 LB721

The state will provide funding for a new facility to train rural health care providers under a bill given final approval April 13.

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Appropriations 

Electrical system grant program approved

April 12, 2022 admin Sen. Julie Slama, LB977

Lawmakers passed a bill April 12 aimed at helping a Nebraska community address its electrical system challenges.

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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. John Lowe
Appropriations 

Funding for rural health care workforce project advanced

April 1, 2022 admin Sen. John Lowe, LB792 LB721 LB1014

Senators gave first-round approval March 31 to a bill that would fund a new facility to train rural health care providers.

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Sen. Julie Slama
Appropriations 

Electrical system grant program advanced

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 admin Sen. Julie Slama, LB977

A proposal aimed at helping a Nebraska community address its electrical system challenges advanced from general file March 31.

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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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Sens.
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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Sens. Stinner, Hilgers and Murman
Appropriations 

Budget package clears second round

March 25, 2022 admin Sen. John Stinner, LB1012 LB911 LB1011 LB1013

Lawmakers gave second-round approval March 24 to three bills comprising the Appropriations Committee’s mid-biennium budget adjustment package.

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Sen. Steve Erdman
Appropriations 

Pandemic funding bill amended, advanced

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 admin Sen. John Stinner, LB1014 LB1025 LB1089 LB1066 LB1172 LB1201 LB696 LB867 LB991

Lawmakers gave first-round approval March 23 to a bill that would appropriate the $1.04 billion allocated to Nebraska from federal pandemic relief funds after approving several amendments that altered individual allocations within the proposal.

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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. John Stinner
Appropriations 

Budget debate begins, two bills advance after successful cloture votes

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 admin Sen. John Stinner, LB1014 LB1012 LB759 LB911 LB1074 LB1114 LB1232 LB1233 LB1011 LB920 LB1024 LB762 LB893 LB989 LB1023 LB1164 LB1013 LB1015 LB788 LB1071 LB792 LB1252 LB1083

Lawmakers began debate March 15 on the first of several bills comprising the Appropriations Committee’s mid-biennium budget adjustment package.

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Appropriations 

Updated climate report, recommendations proposed

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 admin Sen. Eliot Bostar, LB1255

The University of Nebraska would use federal coronavirus relief funds to update a nearly decade-old climate change report under a bill heard March 3 by the Appropriations Committee.

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Sen. Tom Brewer
Appropriations 

Tribal water system improvements discussed

March 4, 2022 admin Sen. Tom Brewer, LB1191

The state would allocate federal pandemic relief funds to improve municipal water systems owned and operated by Native American tribes headquartered in Nebraska under a bill considered March 3 by the Appropriations Committee.

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