{"id":24893,"date":"2019-02-11T13:06:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T19:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=24893"},"modified":"2019-02-11T13:06:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T19:06:15","slug":"bill-would-designate-corn-as-state-vegetable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=24893","title":{"rendered":"Bill would designate corn as state vegetable"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corn would become Nebraska\u2019s official state vegetable under a bill heard Feb. 11 by the Executive Committee.<\/p>\n

\"Sen.
Sen. Lou Ann Linehan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elkhorn Sen. Lou Ann Linehan said she introduced LB105 at the urging of fourth-grade students from Millard Public Schools\u2019 Reagan Elementary.<\/p>\n

As part of learning about the legislative process, students had researched how a bill becomes a law, Linehan said, and were prepared with a suggestion when she visited their classroom late last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents were surprised to find that Nebraska does not have a designated state vegetable and believe the \u2018cornhusker state\u2019 should designate corn as our state vegetable,\u201d Linehan said, adding that she also would pursue having the governor do so through a declaration.<\/p>\n

Testifying on behalf of the bill was the students\u2019 teacher, Thomas Whisinnand. He said elementary students often have difficulty understanding the abstract concept of how an idea from an engaged citizen can become a legislative bill and eventually a law.<\/p>\n

Whisinnand said his students were inspired by a class that went through a similar process to have the orange designated as Florida\u2019s state fruit. His students were excited to learn of the success of their efforts to have a bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe response was priceless,\u201d Whisinnand said. \u201cStudents cheered and clapped and some couldn\u2019t believe that their idea was actually going to be introduced as a bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

No one testified in opposition to LB105 and the committee took no immediate action on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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