Bills would increase taxes on tobacco, cap taxes on cigars
The Revenue Committee heard testimony Feb. 15 on a bill that would raise taxes on cigarettes by $1.50 per pack and another that would limit the tax on cigars.
Read MoreThe Revenue Committee heard testimony Feb. 15 on a bill that would raise taxes on cigarettes by $1.50 per pack and another that would limit the tax on cigars.
Read MoreLawmakers amended and advanced a bill from general file Feb. 15 that would update the state’s tax-increment financing rules.
Read MoreCertain adjudicated youth would be temporarily barred from possessing firearms under a bill heard by the Judiciary Committee Feb. 8.
Read MoreOne of the caps in the state’s Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act was removed by a bill passed Feb. 8.
Read MoreThe Agriculture Committee heard testimony Feb. 6 on a bill meant to expand research on industrial hemp in Nebraska.
Read MoreA measure intended to help cities address the problem of vacant properties was advanced from general file Jan. 31.
Read MorePossession of certain controlled substances would incur less severe penalties under a bill heard by the Judiciary Committee Jan. 26.
Read MoreThe Revenue Committee heard testimony Jan. 26 on a bill that would add a fifth individual income tax bracket for Nebraskans earning at least $2.5 million annually.
Read MoreChildren questioned as witnesses in criminal court cases would be given additional consideration under a bill discussed by lawmakers Jan. 23 and 25.
Read MoreThe state Department of Health and Human Services could be held liable in certain civil proceedings under a bill discussed by the Judiciary Committee Jan. 25.
Read MoreThe Urban Affairs Committee heard testimony Jan. 16 on a bill that would repeal a law that currently authorizes second-class cities and villages to provide loans to students in consideration for a pledge to practice medicine or dentistry in the municipality following graduation.
Read MoreThirty-five new bills were introduced on Jan. 16.
These included:
LB1000, sponsored by Albion Sen. Tom Briese, which would require a bond election under the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act;
Read MoreA bill that would remove one of the caps in state law on an economic development program available to cities advanced from general file Jan. 16.
Read MoreSenators introduced 38 new bills on Jan. 10.
These included:
LB947, sponsored by Papillion Sen. Jim Smith, which would adopt the Nebraska Property Tax Cuts and Opportunities Act, change income tax rates and eliminate certain exemptions and credits;
Read MoreLawmakers voted to indefinitely postpone a bill Jan. 9 that would increase the cost of handgun permits.
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