Hearings for Judiciary Committee

109th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session - Day 39

The order of the bills listed may not be the order in which they are heard that day in committee.

Judiciary
Hearing status: Pending
Date: Tuesday March 10, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 12:00 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: AM2396
Introducer: Hallstrom
Description: Amending LB1139
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Thursday March 05, 2026
Location: Room 1524
Time: 12:00 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: AM2313
Introducer: Bostar
Description: Amending LB1096
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Friday February 27, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB854
Introducer: Hunt
Description: Prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings or disguises and require them to wear appropriate identification
Note: This will be a combined hearing with LB906
This item will operate under annotated committee guidelines
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB906
Introducer: Juarez
Description: Prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings or disguises and require officers to wear appropriate identification
Note: This will be a combined hearing with LB854
This item will operate under annotated committee guidelines
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB881
Introducer: Guereca
Description: Require law enforcement agencies, jails, and the Nebraska State Patrol to receive approval prior to entering into agreements to enforce immigration law
Note: This will be a combined hearing with LB963
This item will operate under annotated committee guidelines
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB963
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Prohibit agreements by state agencies relating to immigration enforcement without legislative approval and change provisions relating to the use of state prisons
Note: This will be a combined hearing with LB881
This item will operate under annotated committee guidelines
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB907
Introducer: Juarez
Description: Prohibit law enforcement officers from entering community safe spaces to enforce immigration law
This item will operate under annotated committee guidelines
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Thursday February 26, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB943
Introducer: Dorn
Description: Provide immunity from claims of public or private nuisance for motor vehicle racing facilities
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB952
Introducer: Dorn
Description: Create the Supreme Court Operations Cash Fund and terminate the Supreme Court Reports Cash Fund and the Court Appointed Special Advocate Fund
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB909
Introducer: Hardin
Description: Prohibit sexual abuse by a law enforcement officer
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB910
Introducer: Hardin
Description: Require defendants convicted of sexual offenses against children to pay a fee for electronic devices seized during prosecution
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB1254
Introducer: Bostar
Description: Prohibit sale of electronic smoking devices without a child safety feature
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB1255
Introducer: Bostar
Description: Prohibit public power suppliers from exercising the power of eminent domain
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Wednesday February 25, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB1084
Introducer: Storer
Description: Change provisions relating to persons taken into emergency protective custody
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB1055
Introducer: DeBoer
Description: Provide training requirements for an adult protective services official under the Adult Protective Services Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB1040
Introducer: Kauth
Description: Change provisions of the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act relating to grounds for civil commitment and inpatient treatment and allow for interested parties to file petitions
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1060
Introducer: Murman
Description: Adopt the Child Placement Services Preservation Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LR316CA
Introducer: Cavanaugh, M.
Description: Constitutional amendment to provide for certain rights of persons with disabilities
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Friday February 20, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB1225
Introducer: Raybould
Description: Change provisions of the Nebraska Juvenile Code relating to expedited appeals of motions to transfer to county or district court
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB739
Introducer: Rountree
Description: Change notice requirements for a petition to change an individual's name
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB995
Introducer: Rountree
Description: Require appointment of counsel for juveniles and provide duties for juvenile courts
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB996
Introducer: Rountree
Description: Prohibit the use of shackling or restraints on juveniles
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB962
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Adopt the Youth Reentry and Transitional Support Act
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Thursday February 19, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB978
Introducer: Storer
Description: Provide for civil actions for conduct relating to obscene material, child sexual abuse material, and child sexual exploitation devices
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB1171
Introducer: Moser
Description: Provide for certain claims relating to sewer systems under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB993
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Provide a cause of action for deprivation of constitutional rights by a law enforcement officer, eliminate the defense of qualified immunity as prescribed, and change provisions of the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act and State Tort Claims Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1136
Introducer: Dungan
Description: Require political subdivisions to identify authorized recipients of tort claims filed under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB983
Introducer: DeBoer
Description: Change civil procedure provisions relating to third-party practice and deposition subpoenas
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB1175
Introducer: DeBoer
Description: Change provisions relating to civil actions under the Parental Rights in Social Media Act
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Wednesday February 18, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB935
Introducer: Bosn
Description: Provide for the award of costs and attorney's fees in certain actions involving political subdivisions
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB779
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Provide requirements for health care facilities and collection agencies relating to medical debt
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB925
Introducer: Andersen
Description: Adopt the Safe Parks and Public Spaces Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1242
Introducer: Murman
Description: Provide for the establishment and enforcement of child support for an unborn child
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB908
Introducer: Storm
Description: Require courts to consider certain research in determining the best interests of the child under the Parenting Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB1139
Introducer: Hallstrom
Description: Change provisions relating to liens arising from child and spousal support orders
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Thursday February 12, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB957
Introducer: Cavanaugh, J.
Description: Provide a cause of action against certain adults for allowing a minor to possess a handgun and create an offense of leaving a loaded firearm in a location accessible to a minor
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB1079
Introducer: von Gillern
Description: Change provisions relating to the habitual criminal enhancement for theft offenses
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB1097
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Adopt the State and Political Subdivisions Sexual Abuse Liability Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LR299CA
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Constitutional amendment to create the Nebraska Board of Commutation and transfer powers of the Board of Pardons
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB1032
Introducer: DeBoer
Description: Provide for recognition and enforcement of tribal customary adoptions under the Nebraska Indian Child Welfare Act and related laws
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Wednesday February 11, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB897
Introducer: Lonowski
Description: Change a penalty and provide a fee for violating the open burning ban
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB859
Introducer: Bostar
Description: Provide for county conflict counsel to represent certain indigent persons when the public defender is unavailable
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB1169
Introducer: Wordekemper
Description: Prohibit assault on a court operations officer
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB784
Introducer: Hallstrom
Description: Change residency requirements for sheriffs in certain counties and continuing education requirements for law enforcement officers
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB785
Introducer: Hallstrom
Description: Prohibit conduct involving mail receptacle keys and locks with the intent to defraud or deprive another of property
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB874
Introducer: Hallstrom
Description: Enhance penalties for motor vehicle homicide and motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child caused by wireless communication device violations
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Friday February 06, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB1000
Introducer: Prokop
Description: Change penalties for violations of domestic abuse and sexual assault protection orders
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB1020
Introducer: Bostar
Description: Provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting and eliminate the requirement that courts impose probation for Class IV felonies
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB1088
Introducer: Raybould
Description: Require persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence or subject to domestic abuse protection orders to surrender firearms for a period of time
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1059
Introducer: Bosn
Description: Prohibit certain conduct relating to mobile tracking devices and change penalties for stalking
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB1181
Introducer: Bosn
Description: Change provisions relating to the rights of victims of certain crimes
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Thursday February 05, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB1096
Introducer: Bostar
Description: Adopt the Preventing Lethal Agricultural and National Threats Act and the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, authorize the withholding of records relating to critical water infrastructure, and provide civil and criminal penalties
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB1123
Introducer: Bostar
Description: Provide requirements relating to Brady-Giglio lists, protections for certain officers, and duties for prosecuting agencies and public safety agencies, and change the penalty for impersonating a peace officer
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB1036
Introducer: Dungan
Description: Change Nebraska Evidence Rules to provide for consideration of evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts as prescribed
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1153
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Change provisions relating to recovery under the Consumer Protection Act, provide a termination date for the State Settlement Cash Fund and for distribution of money in the fund, and change provisions relating to the State Settlement Trust Fund
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB1195
Introducer: Storer
Description: Eliminate requirements relating to female inmates of county jails
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Wednesday February 04, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB1230
Introducer: Strommen
Description: Provide for mobile homes in the Disposition of Personal Property Landlord and Tenant Act and change provisions relating to certificates of title for mobile homes
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB871
Introducer: Conrad
Description: Increase and provide for inflation adjustments for amounts exempt from judicial enforcement and the homestead and exempt property allowances
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB809
Introducer: Dover
Description: Prohibit political subdivisions from enacting certain ordinances relating to landlords
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB880
Introducer: Guereca
Description: Prohibit residential landlords from prohibiting or charging extra fees for tenants' payments made by automated clearinghouse transfer
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB1007
Introducer: Dungan
Description: Prohibit a landlord from keeping a security deposit when a rental agreement is not signed and prohibit nondisclosure terms in rental agreements
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB980
Introducer: Bosn
Description: Change provisions of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act relating to waivers of jury trials and summonses and provide for summary judgment and expedited proceedings
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Friday January 30, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB1100
Introducer: Sorrentino
Description: Modernize language in a civil procedure statute
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB1148
Introducer: Hunt
Description: Provide for recognition and enforcement of parentage of children conceived by assisted reproduction
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB1199
Introducer: Ibach
Description: Change provisions of the Legal Education for Public Service and Rural Practice Loan Repayment Assistance Act and provide for a transfer from the State Settlement Cash Fund
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB1161
Introducer: Juarez
Description: Change provisions relating to the age of majority
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB1228
Introducer: Holdcroft
Description: Provide for a state docket fee and create funds for court purposes
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Thursday January 29, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB985
Introducer: DeBoer
Description: Provide a limitation on the number of individuals for which a guardian or conservator may accept appointment
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB1178
Introducer: DeBoer
Description: Change provisions relating to certain judicial hearings and duties of guardians under the Nebraska Probate Code
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB984
Introducer: DeBoer
Description: Require both parties to be eighteen years of age or older for a marriage license
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB788
Introducer: Bosn
Description: Change the administrator of the Financial Fraud Victims' Reimbursement Fund from the Attorney General to the Nebraska State Patrol
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB731
Introducer: Kauth
Description: Adopt the Gender Transition Malpractice Accountability Act, provide an exemption to the time limitation to commence certain actions relating to professional negligence, require insurance coverage for certain treatments and procedures arising as a result of a gender-altering procedure, and change provisions relating to civil actions under the Let Them Grow Act
This item will operate under annotated committee guidelines
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Wednesday January 28, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Hansen, G Randall - Crime Victim's Reparations Committee
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Bauer, Kathleen - Crime Victim's Reparations Committee
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB965
Introducer: Bostar
Description: Prohibit sexual abuse of a probationer or problem solving court participant; prohibit sexual abuse by a conservator, guardian, guardian ad litem, or child welfare service provider; provide for administration of naloxone by probation employees; and change conduct constituting the offense of incest
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB758
Introducer: von Gillern
Description: Change provisions relating to nontestamentary transfers on death and provide a method for a beneficiary charitable organization to receive property or information
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB889
Introducer: Clouse
Description: Change a penalty in the State Electrical Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB1090
Introducer: Murman
Description: Provide requirements for petition circulators and provide a penalty
Currently or Pending before the Committee
7
Document: LB1080
Introducer: DeBoer
Description: Provide for use of unsworn declarations in civil proceedings, change related criminal provisions, and change provisions of the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Friday January 23, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB863
Introducer: Prokop
Description: Require the Department of Correctional Services to construct barriers around certain facilities near residential properties
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB902
Introducer: Dungan
Description: Adopt the Medical Standards for Incarcerated Individuals Act and provide powers and duties for the office of the Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB961
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Adopt the Collateral Sanction Relief Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB994
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Change provisions of the Nebraska Treatment and Corrections Act relating to good time and parole eligibility
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB763
Introducer: Holdcroft
Description: Exempt certain gatherings of members of the Board of Parole from the Open Meetings Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB764
Introducer: Holdcroft
Description: Provide for certain Department of Correctional Services employees to be law enforcement officers
Currently or Pending before the Committee
7
Document: LB790
Introducer: Bosn
Description: Change sanctions available for substance abuse violations of parole
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Thursday January 22, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: LB804
Introducer: Lonowski
Description: Provide confidential peer support counseling for law enforcement officers, emergency services personnel, and Nebraska National Guard personnel
Note: This will be a combined hearing with LB755 and LB816
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: LB816
Introducer: Storer
Description: Provide privileges and immunities relating to peer support services communications by public safety personnel
Note: This will be a combined hearing with LB755 and LB804
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: LB755
Introducer: Wordekemper
Description: Adopt the Emergency Service Peer Support Act
Note: This will be a combined hearing with LB804 and LB816
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: LB795
Introducer: DeKay
Description: Designate bromazolam as a controlled substance under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, correct the spelling of certain controlled substances, and enhance penalties for certain controlled substance offenses involving fentanyl
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB727
Introducer: Kauth
Description: Authorize law enforcement agencies to obtain, maintain, and possess epinephrine autoinjectors for use by a law enforcement officer and require training
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB817
Introducer: Storer
Description: Enhance penalties for certain controlled substance offenses involving fentanyl
Currently or Pending before the Committee
7
Document: LB877
Introducer: Hallstrom
Description: Designate certain substances as controlled substances under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
8
Document: LB831
Introducer: Hallstrom
Description: Provide limitations and requirements for civil actions relating to exposure to ethylene oxide
Judiciary
Hearing status: Ended
Date: Wednesday January 21, 2026
Location: Room 1525
Time: 1:30 PM
Order
Status
Document
Introducer
Description
Currently or Pending before the Committee
1
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: MacTaggart, Christon - Crime Victim's Reparations Committee
Currently or Pending before the Committee
2
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Bryant, Kendra - Crime Victim's Reparations Committee
Currently or Pending before the Committee
3
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Langan, Mark T - Nebraska Board of Parole
Currently or Pending before the Committee
4
Document: Appointment
Introducer:
Description: Pannkuk, Janee - Nebraska Board of Parole
Currently or Pending before the Committee
5
Document: LB751
Introducer: Spivey
Description: Require a study to improve reporting and investigation of missing Black women and children
Currently or Pending before the Committee
6
Document: LB741
Introducer: McKinney
Description: Change the membership of the Racial Profiling Advisory Committee and the Nebraska Children's Commission
Currently or Pending before the Committee
7
Document: LB753
Introducer: Rountree
Description: Provide for recognition and enforcement of military protective orders under the Protection Orders Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
8
Document: LB876
Introducer: Hallstrom
Description: Adopt the Immediate Protection from Abuse Act and change notice requirements under the Protection Orders Act
Currently or Pending before the Committee
9
Document: LB818
Introducer: Storer
Description: Change provisions relating to penalties for domestic assault and assault by strangulation or suffocation
Currently or Pending before the Committee
10
Document: LB789
Introducer: Bosn
Description: Provide an exclusion from the hearsay rule for a statement offered against a party that wrongfully caused the declarant's unavailability