Budget adjustments advanced with Title X restriction after cloture vote
Lawmakers gave first-round approval March 13 to four bills comprising the Appropriations Committee’s adjustment proposal to the state’s $8.8 billion budget.
Read MoreLawmakers gave first-round approval March 13 to four bills comprising the Appropriations Committee’s adjustment proposal to the state’s $8.8 billion budget.
Read MoreA failed drug test could mean a loss of unemployment benefits under a bill discussed by the Business and Labor Committee Jan. 22.
Read MoreFifty-two new bills were introduced on Jan. 17.
These included:
LB1038, sponsored by Omaha Sen. Theresa Thibodeau, which would provide a deadline for electronic voter registration;
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 MoreSenators convened Jan. 3 to introduce new bills.
Among the 119 bills introduced were:
LB675, sponsored by Omaha Sen. Bob Krist, which would change provisions relating to correctional overcrowding emergencies;
Read MoreThe Agriculture Committee considered bills this session clarifying the definition of hybrid seed corn, repealing the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Management Act and supporting industrial hemp research.
Read MoreLawmakers considered bills this session that were intended to encourage workforce development and adjust workers’ compensation benefits.
Read MoreBudget concerns related to the provision of public benefits, reduction of licensure requirements and regulation of prescription drugs were the top health and human services issues addressed by lawmakers this session.
Read MoreA bill that would cut the state’s top income and corporate tax rates if projected state revenue growth meets certain targets and change the way agricultural land is assessed stalled on general file May 2.
Read MoreThree bills that make up a portion of the state’s budget package were advanced to select file May 2. The mainline budget bill and other components of the $8.9 billion biennial budget were advanced last week.
Read MoreSenators passed a bill April 24 that updates the definition of hybrid seed corn and allows a restraining order or injunction to be imposed on anyone who sells or represents corn seed as a hybrid variety that does not meet identity standards.
Read MoreA bill that would provide information regarding perinatal hospice to a pregnant woman diagnosed with a lethal fetal anomaly was passed April 24.
Read MoreLawmakers gave second-round approval April 11 to a bill that would update the definition of hybrid seed corn and allow a restraining order or injunction to be imposed on anyone who sells or represents corn seed as a hybrid variety that does not meet identity standards.
Read MoreA bill that would provide information regarding perinatal hospice to a pregnant woman diagnosed with a lethal fetal anomaly was amended and advanced from select file April 3.
Read MoreA restraining order or injunction could be imposed against anyone who sells or represents corn seed as a hybrid variety that does not meet identity standards under a bill advanced from general file March 30.
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