2023 Priority Bill Listing

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Senator Priority Bills
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Priority Document
Number 		Primary
Introducer 		Status Description
Senator Aguilar LB81 Senator Aguilar Indefinitely postponed Change number of county judges in Buffalo and Hall counties
Senator Albrecht LB626 Senator Albrecht Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Nebraska Heartbeat Act
Senator Arch LB461 Senator Arch Passed Change, transfer, and eliminate provisions relating to the materiel division of the Department of Administrative Services and procurement of services and personal property
Senator Armendariz LB684 Senator Briese Indefinitely postponed Provide for a review of services provided by state agencies
Senator Ballard LB732 Senator Bostar Indefinitely postponed Change provisions of the Convention Center Facility Financing Assistance Act
Senator Blood LR1CA Senator Blood Indefinitely postponed Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to reimburse political subdivisions as prescribed
Senator Bostar LB63 Senator Bostar Indefinitely postponed Require withholding of distributions to telecommunications companies from the Nebraska Telecommunications Universal Service Fund
Senator Bostelman LB165 Senator von Gillern Indefinitely postponed Include elementary and secondary schools in the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and change tax benefits
Senator Brandt LB61 Senator Brandt Passed Change provisions relating to regulation of dark fiber
Senator Brewer LB77 Senator Brewer Passed Provide for carrying of concealed handguns without a permit, change provisions relating to concealed weapons, and prohibit certain regulation of weapons by cities, villages, and counties
Senator Briese LB243 Senator Briese Passed Adopt the School District Property Tax Limitation Act, change levying authority and provide aid to community college areas, and change provisions relating to the Tax Equalization and Review Commission and property and income taxes
Senator Cavanaugh, J. LB184 Senator Cavanaugh, J. Passed Provide for inadmissibility of statements of juveniles during transfer proceedings
Senator Conrad LB294 Senator Conrad Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Child Tax Credit Act
Senator Day LB84 Senator Day Indefinitely postponed Change provisions relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Senator DeBoer LB35 Senator DeBoer Indefinitely postponed Change provisions relating to child care assistance
Senator DeKay LB768 Senator DeKay Indefinitely postponed Transfer money from the Cash Reserve Fund to the Critical Infrastructure Facilities Cash Fund
Senator Dorn LB562 Senator Dorn Passed Adopt the E-15 Access Standard Act and change provisions of the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Act, the Nebraska Higher Blend Tax Credit Act, the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Act, and the Nebraska Pure Food Act
Senator Dover LR22CA Senator Dover Indefinitely postponed Constitutional amendment to change legislative term limits to three consecutive terms
Senator Dungan LB14 Senator Dungan Indefinitely postponed Change provisions under the Young Adult Bridge to Independence Act
Senator Erdman LB79 Senator Erdman Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Nebraska EPIC Option Consumption Tax Act
Senator Fredrickson LB256 Senator Brewer Indefinitely postponed Change provisions related to insurance coverage of telehealth
Senator Geist LB447 Senator Bostar Indefinitely postponed Provide an income tax deduction for retired firefighters for health insurance premiums, rename and change provisions of the Law Enforcement Education Act to include tuition waivers for professional firefighters and dependents, and provide powers and duties for the Department of Revenue
Senator Halloran LB195 Senator Halloran Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Faithful Delegate to Federal Article V Convention Act
Senator Hansen, B. LB91 Senator Hansen, B. Indefinitely postponed Change motorcycle, moped, and autocycle helmet and eye protection provisions
Senator Hardin LB277 Senator Brewer Indefinitely postponed Adopt the First Freedom Act and authorize the wearing of tribal regalia by students
Senator Holdcroft LB769 Senator Holdcroft Indefinitely postponed Authorize use of the Critical Infrastructure Facilities Cash Fund to develop a sewer system
Senator Hughes LB584 Senator Hughes Indefinitely postponed Impose a tax on selling or dealing in electronic nicotine delivery systems
Senator Hunt LB307 Senator Hunt Governor Veto Authorize syringe services programs in municipalities and counties and provide exceptions to penalties related to drug paraphernalia under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act
Senator Ibach LB249 Senator Briese Indefinitely postponed Change provisions of the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act
Senator Jacobson LB644 Senator McDonnell Passed Change provisions relating to the use of the Site and Building Development Fund
Senator Clements LB575 Senator Kauth Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Sports and Spaces Act
Senator Kauth LB574 Senator Kauth Passed Adopt the Let Them Grow Act and the Preborn Child Protection Act and provide for discipline under the Uniform Credentialing Act
Senator Linehan LB753 Senator Linehan Passed Adopt the Opportunity Scholarships Act and provide tax credits
Senator Lowe LB297 Senator Sanders Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Personal Privacy Protection Act
Senator McDonnell LB617 Senator McDonnell Indefinitely postponed Create the Economic Development Cash Fund to award a grant relating to the federal Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act
Senator McKinney LB631 Senator McKinney Passed Change provisions relating to the Board of Parole, eligibility for parole, reentry services, post-release supervision, grant programs, and prisons, adopt the Community Work Release and Reentry Centers Act, provide for performance metrics, Parole School, book donations, and reentry career planning, and transfer the Division of Parole Supervision to the Department of Correctional Services
Senator Lippincott LB71 Senator Sanders Passed Change provisions relating to early childhood education, parental involvement in and access to learning materials in schools, and the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and provide a process for repeating a grade upon request
Senator Moser LB706 Senator Moser Indefinitely postponed Authorize the issuance of highway bonds under the Nebraska Highway Bond Act
Senator Murman LB810 Senator Murman Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Medical Ethics and Diversity Act
Senator Raybould LB327 Senator Raybould Indefinitely postponed Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act
Senator Riepe LB586 Senator Hughes Indefinitely postponed Provide duties for the Nebraska Center for Nursing regarding clinical training sites
Senator Sanders LB583 Senator Sanders Passed Change provisions of the Special Education Act and the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
Senator Slama LB343 Senator Slama Indefinitely postponed Prohibit public contracts with companies that boycott Israel
Senator Vargas LB570 Senator Vargas Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Overdose Fatality Review Teams Act
Senator von Gillern LB805 Senator von Gillern Indefinitely postponed Require schools to allow certain youth organizations to provide information, services, and activities
Senator Walz LB516 Senator Walz Indefinitely postponed Provide and change powers and duties for the State Department of Education, Commissioner of Education, State Board of Education, and the state school security director, provide grants to school districts for security-related infrastructure projects, and provide grants to educational service units and local public health departments to hire school psychologists and licensed mental health practitioners as prescribed
Senator Wayne LB792 Senator Wayne Indefinitely postponed Provide for a pilot program for assessing and treating post traumatic stress disorder
Senator Wishart LB709 Senator Wishart Indefinitely postponed Create the Convention and Event Center Capital Construction Program
Committee Priority Bills
Priority Document
Number 		Primary
Introducer 		Status Description
Agriculture Committee LB262 Agriculture Committee Passed Change and eliminate provisions relating to warehouse operators, hemp, the Grain Dealer Act, the Grain Warehouse Act, the Nebraska Agricultural Products Marketing Act, the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act, the Nebraska Corn Resources Act, the Nebraska Pure Food Act, and the Uniform Controlled Substances Act
Agriculture Committee LB116 Senator Brandt Indefinitely postponed Change provisions of the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Act
Appropriations Committee LB597 Senator Clements Indefinitely postponed Appropriate funds to the Legislative Council
Appropriations Committee LB598 Senator Clements Indefinitely postponed Eliminate obsolete provisions relating to the Cash Reserve Fund
Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee LB92 Senator Slama Passed Provide, change, and eliminate law relating to banking, commerce, insurance, housing, and taxation
Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee LB214 Senator Slama Indefinitely postponed Adopt changes to federal law regarding banking and finance and change provisions relating to digital asset depositories, loan brokers, mortgage loan originators, and installment loans
Business and Labor Committee LB267 Senator Brewer Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Critical Infrastructure Utility Worker Protection Act
Business and Labor Committee LB191 Senator Halloran Passed Adopt the Critical Infrastructure Utility Worker Protection Act and change provisions relating to the Contractor Registration Act, the Employment Security Law, the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act, and the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act
Education Committee LB385 Senator Linehan Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act
Education Committee LB705 Senator Murman Passed Provide, change, transfer, and eliminate provisions relating to education
Executive Board LB254 Senator Brewer Passed Provide and change requirements relating to video coverage of the Legislature, performance audits, and the Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee
Executive Board LB552 Senator Cavanaugh, J. Indefinitely postponed Change requirements for the Legislative Mental Health Care Capacity Strategic Planning Committee
General Affairs Committee LB376 Senator Lowe Passed Change provisions of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act
General Affairs Committee LB775 Senator Lowe Passed Change provisions relating to horseracing, the Nebraska Bingo Act, the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act, and the Nebraska Visitors Development Act
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee LB535 Senator Slama Indefinitely postponed Require valid photographic identification and change provisions relating to voting under the Election Act and certain identification documents
Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee LB514 Senator Brewer Passed Provide for valid photographic identification for voting purposes and change provisions relating to voting and counting ballots and certain identification documents
Health and Human Services Committee LB227 Senator Hansen, B. Passed Change provisions relating to public health and welfare
Health and Human Services Committee LB181 Senator Hansen, B. Indefinitely postponed Provide for filling and refilling prescriptions in certain circumstances
Judiciary Committee LB341 Senator Halloran Indefinitely postponed Adopt the State and Political Subdivisions Child Sexual Abuse Liability Act and exempt actions from the State Tort Claims Act and Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act
Judiciary Committee LB348 Senator Wayne Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Community Work Release and Treatment Centers Act and change provisions relating to the Board of Parole, the Department of Correctional Services, and the Office of Probation Administration
Judiciary Committee LB50 Senator Wayne Passed Change provisions relating to the administration of justice
Legislative Performance Audit Committee LB90 Senator Dorn Indefinitely postponed Change provisions relating to tax incentive performance audits
Legislature's Planning Committee LB157 Senator DeBoer Passed Provide for appointment of temporary guardians and change provisions relating to attorney's fees, third-party practice, change of name proceedings, enforcement of debts against certain victims, controlled substances schedules, decedents' estates, and crime victims' reparations
Natural Resources Committee LB425 Senator Bostelman Indefinitely postponed Change provisions relating to the Game and Parks Commission and the Game Law
Natural Resources Committee LB565 Senator Bostelman Passed Adopt the Public Water and Natural Resources Project Contracting Act and the Nuclear and Hydrogen Development Act and change provisions relating to municipal cooperative financing, scrap tires, power conservation and development, and the Game Law
Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee LB103 Senator McDonnell Passed Change provisions of the County Employees Retirement Act, the Judges Retirement Act, the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement Act, the School Employees Retirement Act, and the State Employees Retirement Act
Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee LB198 Senator McDonnell Passed Change provisions relating to participation in and implementation of public retirement provisions
Revenue Committee LB388 Senator Linehan Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Property Tax Growth Limitation Act, the Advertising Services Tax Act, and the Property Tax Relief Act and change provisions relating to revenue and taxation
Revenue Committee LB727 Senator Linehan Passed Change provisions relating to revenue and taxation
Revenue Committee LB754 Senator Linehan Passed Adopt the Child Care Tax Credit Act and change provisions relating to the School Readiness Tax Credit Act and income tax rates
State-Tribal Relations Committee LB474 Senator Wayne Indefinitely postponed Provide duties for the Nebraska State Historical Society relating to the Mayhew Cabin and Fort Robinson historical sites
Transportation and Telecommunications Committee LB683 Transportation and Telecommunications Committee Passed Change provisions relating to the County Bridge Match Program, the Highway Cash Fund, the Nebraska Telecommunications Universal Service Fund, the Roads Operations Cash Fund, the Nebraska Broadband Bridge Act, the One-Call Notification System Act, and the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act, adopt the Rural Communications Sustainability Act, and create the Nebraska Broadband Office and the Underground Excavation Safety Committee
Transportation and Telecommunications Committee LB412 Senator Moser Indefinitely postponed Provide powers for the Public Service Commission under the Nebraska Broadband Bridge Act
Urban Affairs Committee LB531 Senator McKinney Passed Create and change grant and economic and community development programs, change municipal governance and regulation provisions and state building code provisions, authorize transfer of investment interest on certain funds and Cash Reserve Fund transfers, and authorize development of the Mayhew Cabin historical site and a Chief Standing Bear museum and visitor center
Urban Affairs Committee LB629 Senator McKinney Indefinitely postponed Change provisions of the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act and the Economic Recovery Act
Speaker Priority Bills
Priority Document
Number 		Primary
Introducer 		Status Description
Speaker Arch LB11 Senator Blood Indefinitely postponed Change provisions relating to domestic abuse protection orders
Speaker Arch LB78 Senator Day Passed Redefine massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Practice Act
Speaker Arch LB138 Senator Bosn Passed Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers and change provisions relating to transportation
Speaker Arch LB206 Senator von Gillern Indefinitely postponed Change provisions relating to the taxation of partnerships
Speaker Arch LB220 Senator Ibach Indefinitely postponed Change provisions relating to the Board of Pardons’ powers and duties and required notices to crime victims
Speaker Arch LB276 Senator Wishart Passed Adopt the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Act
Speaker Arch LB286 Senator Walz Indefinitely postponed Provide for confidentiality of a physician wellness program under the Uniform Credentialing Act
Speaker Arch LB296 Senator Ballard Passed Adopt the Pet Insurance Act, require use of National Provider Identifiers by health care providers, and change insurance reimbursement provisions for telehealth services
Speaker Arch LB298 Senator Linehan Passed Adopt the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact and require school districts and the State Department of Education to collect and report information regarding dyslexia and other learning disabilities and to establish dress code and grooming policies
Speaker Arch LB308 Senator Bostar Passed Adopt the Genetic Information Privacy Act
Speaker Arch LB314 Senator Fredrickson Indefinitely postponed Require firearm dealers to provide information on suicide prevention and require training on suicide prevention under the Concealed Handgun Permit Act
Speaker Arch LB335 Senator Halloran Indefinitely postponed Adopt the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act
Speaker Arch LB387 Senator Linehan Indefinitely postponed Change provisions relating to income tax rates
Speaker Arch LB426 Senator Riepe Indefinitely postponed Change the number of judges on the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court
Speaker Arch LB462 Senator Conrad Indefinitely postponed Redefine a term under the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act
Speaker Arch LB465 Senator Moser Indefinitely postponed Change the allocation of fees for operators' licenses and state identification cards
Speaker Arch LB580 Senator Holdcroft Indefinitely postponed Change provisions relating to agricultural or horticultural land receiving special valuation
Speaker Arch LB585 Senator Hughes Indefinitely postponed Change a duty of the state school security director and require behavioral and mental health training for certain school personnel
Speaker Arch LB630 Senator McKinney Indefinitely postponed Provide a duty to the State Department of Education and require a school board to adopt a written dress code
Speaker Arch LB647 Senator McDonnell Indefinitely postponed Change provisions relating to the purchase and loan of textbooks for children enrolled in kindergarten to grade twelve of a private school
Speaker Arch LB664 Senator Riepe Passed Provide powers and duties for the state medicaid fraud control unit and the Attorney General
Speaker Arch LB671 Senator Hansen, B. Indefinitely postponed Allow the Nebraska Training and Support Cash Fund to be used for retention of existing employees of Nebraska businesses
Speaker Arch LB757 Senator DeBoer Indefinitely postponed Change requirements for applications under the Nebraska Crime Victim's Reparations Act
Speaker Arch LB799 Senator DeBoer Passed Change judges' salaries, judgeships in county courts and the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court, and provisions relating to the Supreme Court and the College of Law