Day four bill introduction

Senators reconvened Jan. 12 to continue introduction of new bills.

Among the 38 measures introduced were:

LB957, sponsored by Omaha Sen. John Cavanaugh, which would provide a cause of action against certain adults for allowing a minor to possess a handgun and create an offense of leaving a loaded firearm in a location accessible to a minor;

LB960, introduced by Sen. Terrell McKinney of Omaha, which would provide a requirement to include nonvoting student members on school boards;

LB969, sponsored by Syracuse Sen. Bob Hallstrom, which would establish a database of financial information from counties and municipalities;

LB975, introduced by Sen. Danielle Conrad of Lincoln, which would adopt the Private Attorney Retention Sunshine Act;

LB978, sponsored by Whitman Sen. Tanya Storer, which would provide for civil actions for conduct relating to obscene material, child sexual abuse material and child sexual exploitation devices;

LB984, introduced by Sen. Wendy DeBoer of Bennington, which would require both parties to be 18 years of age or older for a marriage license;

LB986, sponsored by Lincoln Sen. Eliot Bostar, which would allow expenditure of campaign funds for security services and systems under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act;

LB987, introduced by Sen. Dan Lonowski of Hastings, which would adopt the Vision Benefit Plan Act;

LR297CA, sponsored by Omaha Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, a proposed constitutional amendment to change provisions related to amending, repealing, modifying or impairing a law enacted by initiative petition; and

LR298CA, introduced by Sen. Tom Brandt of Plymouth, a proposed constitutional amendment to create requirements for the use of the Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund.

A complete list of bills introduced so far is available at NebraskaLegislature.gov. New bills may be introduced for the first 10 legislative days, or until Jan. 21.