Lawmakers gave first-round approval March 24 to a measure intended to incentivize major employers to keep their headquarters and employees in Nebraska after merging with another company.
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Lawmakers amended an omnibus workforce measure March 24 to tighten apprenticeship requirements before advancing the bill to the final round of debate.
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Lawmakers gave first-round approval March 23 to an annual election law cleanup bill after amending it to become an omnibus measure.
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A bill intended to provide state-level notification requirements for Nebraska businesses experiencing mass layoffs or closures was amended to include several other proposals before advancing from general file March 23.
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A proposal to allow candidates and officeholders to expend campaign funds for security purposes was amended and advanced from general file March 23.
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Lawmakers advanced a cleanup measure March 23 that would clarify the elimination or consolidation of several state boards and commissions and accompanying cash funds.
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Lawmakers amended and advanced a bill March 20 that would provide legal protections to health care practitioners who recommend medical cannabis to qualified patients.
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A package of bills heard by the Urban Affairs Committee this session advanced from general file March 20 after lawmakers amended it to remove requirements for certain public housing agencies related to bed bug infestations.
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After a failed cloture vote on the main budget adjustment bill, lawmakers advanced two other components of the Appropriations Committee’s mid-biennium budget adjustment package March 19.
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Nebraska’s public power utilities could not use eminent domain to acquire privately owned power plants built to serve certain large-scale electricity users under a bill advanced from general file March 18.
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A package of measures increasing state revenue advanced to the final round of debate March 18 after lawmakers amended it to include a proposed tax on the sale of kratom products in Nebraska.
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An omnibus banking measure was amended and advanced to the final round of debate March 18.
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A proposal intended to increase criminal penalties for certain violations of the State Electrical Act cleared the first-round of debate March 17.
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Lawmakers gave first-round approval March 17 to a bill that would codify current practice for state employee maternity leave in Nebraska law, effectively expanding coverage to certain contract employees. The bill also would extend maternity leave to adoptions.
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Lawmakers gave first-round approval March 17 to a slate of proposals related to municipalities.
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