{"id":28832,"date":"2021-01-19T12:07:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T18:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=28832"},"modified":"2021-01-19T12:07:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T18:07:58","slug":"day-nine-bill-introduction-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=28832","title":{"rendered":"Day nine bill introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senators reconvened Jan. 18 to continue introduction of new bills.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 104 measures introduced were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/bills\/view_bill.php?DocumentID=44439\">LB489<\/a>, sponsored by Omaha Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, which would require a financial stability and service capability analysis for certain state contracts;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/bills\/view_bill.php?DocumentID=43785\">LB505<\/a>, sponsored by Omaha Sen. John Cavanaugh, which would limit habitual criminal enhancement to specified felonies;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/bills\/view_bill.php?DocumentID=44304\">LB508<\/a>, sponsored by Brainard Sen. Bruce Bostelman, which would provide motor vehicle tax exemptions for certain veterans and spouses;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/bills\/view_bill.php?DocumentID=44231\">LB515<\/a>, sponsored by Omaha Sen. Terrell McKinney, which would adopt the Municipal Police Oversight Act;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/bills\/view_bill.php?DocumentID=44401\">LB519<\/a>, sponsored by Lincoln Sen. Adam Morfeld, which would provide immunity from arrest and prosecution for certain drug and alcohol offenses for witnesses and victims of sexual assaults;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/bills\/view_bill.php?DocumentID=44363\">LB520<\/a>, sponsored by Henderson Sen. Curt Friesen, which would provide for applications for the collocation of certain wireless facilities;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/bills\/view_bill.php?DocumentID=43968\">LB525<\/a>, sponsored by Lincoln Sen. Anna Wishart, which would provide duties and requirements for transitional housing facilities and change powers of the Office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/bills\/view_bill.php?DocumentID=44368\">LB531<\/a>, sponsored by Albion Sen. Tom Briese, which would adopt the Nebraska Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/bills\/view_bill.php?DocumentID=44414\">LB539<\/a>, sponsored by Fremont Sen. Lynne Walz, which would provide for a limit on the length of trains; and<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/bills\/view_bill.php?DocumentID=44353\">LB577<\/a>, sponsored by Lincoln Sen. Eliot Bostar, which would establish Election Day as a holiday and change provisions relating to early voting and automatic voter registration.<\/p>\n<p>A complete list of bills introduced thus far is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskalegislature.gov\/bills\/search_by_date.php?SessionDay=2021\">NebraskaLegislature.gov<\/a>. New bills may be introduced for the first 10 legislative days, or until Jan. 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senators reconvened Jan. 18 to continue introduction of new bills.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 104 measures introduced were:<\/p>\n<p>LB489, sponsored by Omaha Sen. 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