Session Review: General Affairs
Senators established casino gaming regulations, permanently legalized to-go alcohol sales authorized during the pandemic and expanded the type of fireworks that can be sold in Nebraska.
Read MoreSenators established casino gaming regulations, permanently legalized to-go alcohol sales authorized during the pandemic and expanded the type of fireworks that can be sold in Nebraska.
Read MorePolice accountability, criminal justice reform and tenant housing security were among the measures considered by members of the Judiciary Committee this session.
Read MoreThe Revenue Committee advanced bills this session that cut Nebraska’s top corporate income tax rate and will exempt military retirement pay and a percentage of Social Security income from state income tax.
Read MoreLawmakers approved criteria May 26 that will guide the Legislature in the 2021 redistricting process.
Read MoreSenators approved a proposal May 20 intended to prohibit frivolous coronavirus-related lawsuits.
Read MoreSenators passed a bill May 20 intended to modernize the state’s small business tax credit.
Read MoreLawmakers passed a bill May 20 that makes several technical changes to education law and extends current allocations of lottery funds to education-related programs.
Read MoreA bill that implements provisions of a constitutional gaming amendment approved in 2020 passed May 20.
Read MoreLawmakers approved a bill May 19 intended to shift the cost of school bonds away from owners of farm and ranch land.
Read MoreA bill on final reading that would implement provisions of a constitutional gaming amendment approved in 2020 was amended May 13 after senators voted to return it to select file.
Read MoreSenators advanced a proposal from general file May 11 intended to prohibit frivolous coronavirus-related lawsuits.
Read MoreA bill on final reading that would implement provisions of a constitutional gaming amendment approved in 2020 was narrowed May 10 after senators voted to return it to select file.
Read MoreSchool districts that rely heavily on property taxes would receive additional state aid under a bill debated by lawmakers May 4.
Read MoreA bill that would create a tax credit scholarship program for private school students stalled on general file April 28 after a failed cloture motion.
Read MoreHome water service in Nebraska would become less expensive under a bill advanced from general file April 26.
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