Agenda for April 1st, 2026
109th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session - Day 54
NEBRASKA UNICAMERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
Fifty-Fourth Day
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
9:00 a.m.
One Hundred Ninth Legislature
Second Session
- Prayer by the Chaplain
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Call to Order - Roll Call
- Corrections for the Journal
- Messages, Reports, Announcements
GENERAL FILE: APPROPRIATION BILL(S)
| Document | Introducer | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB803A |
von Gillern | Appropriation Bill |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1075A |
Sanders | Appropriation Bill |
SELECT FILE: APPROPRIATION BILL(S)
Motion to Suspend the Rules
| Suspend Rule 5, Sec. 7(f) and (g) to allow for the A bill for LB 867 to be indefinitely postponed and for the appropriation for this bill to be contained in LB 1209. (Motion made by Sen. Clements, Journal Page to be announced.) |
MOTION
| Indefinitely postpone LB867A. (Motion made by Sen. Clements, Journal Page to be announced.) |
MOTION to Suspend the Rules
| Suspend Rule 8, Section 5 to allow the passage of the appropriations bills later than the 50th legislative day. (Motion made by Speaker Arch, Journal Page to be announced.) |
FINAL READING: SPEAKER MAJOR PROPOSALS: BUDGET BILLS (Bills Preceded with an * Will Require a Vote To Suspend At Large Reading, Pursuant to Rule 6, Section 8)
| Document | Introducer | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Currently or Pending on Floor *LB1071e |
Speaker Arch, at the request of the Governor | Provide, change, and eliminate provisions related to appropriations for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027 |
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Currently or Pending on Floor *LB1072e |
Speaker Arch, at the request of the Governor | Provide for and change transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to fees, funds, fund transfers, agency powers and duties, and various statutory programs |
FINAL READING: STATE CLAIMS BILL
| Document | Introducer | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1133e |
Kauth | Provide for payment of claims against the state |
FINAL READING (Bills Preceded with an * Will Require a Vote To Suspend At Large Reading, Pursuant to Rule 6, Section 8)
| Document | Introducer | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Currently or Pending on Floor *LB759e |
Brandt | Change fees and funding for solid waste management, water wells, livestock regulation, hazardous waste management, clean water regulation, and litter reduction and recycling, change membership of a board, provide penalties and enforcement provisions for geologic storage of carbon dioxide, provide for entry upon property for the Perkins County Canal, correct references to and change jurisdiction of the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, and require local governments to regulate operation of swimming pools, recreation camps, and mobile home parks |
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Currently or Pending on Floor *LB847e |
Kauth | Adopt the Nebraska Registered Apprenticeship Act, change provisions relating to funds, child labor, the Business Innovation Act, the Contractor Registration Act, the Employee Classification Act, the Employment Security Law, and the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act, and transfer administration of student internships to the Department of Labor |
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Currently or Pending on Floor *LB967e |
Jacobson | Change provisions relating to insurance fees, licensing, and trade practices, pharmacy benefit managers, mutual insurance holding companies, the Population Health Information Act, the Health Information Technology Board, and the Site and Building Development Act and adopt the Nebraska Protection of Seniors from Insurance Exploitation Act |
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Currently or Pending on Floor *LB1101e |
Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee | Change provisions of the Judges Retirement Act |
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Currently or Pending on Floor *LB1235e |
General Affairs Committee | Change provisions of the Nebraska Liquor Control Act and the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act |
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Currently or Pending on Floor *LB816e |
Storer | Provide privileges and immunities relating to peer support services communications by public safety personnel and change provisions relating to emergency protective custody |
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Currently or Pending on Floor *LB824e |
Lonowski | Change provisions relating to termination of employment under the School Employees Retirement Act and the Class V School Employees Retirement Act |
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Currently or Pending on Floor *LB901e |
Revenue Committee | Adopt the Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Service Providers Tax Credit Act, change provisions related to the confidentiality of shared information, the distribution of certain tax revenue, contracts between the Tax Commissioner and collection agencies, the collection and enforcement of delinquent income tax claims, the ImagiNE Nebraska Act, the Kratom Consumer Protection Act, the Mechanical Amusement Device Tax Act, and the Nebraska Advantage Research and Development Act, provide for fees, provide an excise tax on kratom, eliminate certain personal property and sales and use tax exemptions and a tax credit, and terminate the Department of Revenue Miscellaneous Receipts Fund |
GENERAL FILE: 2026 SENATOR PRIORITY BILL
| Document | Introducer | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1187 |
DeKay | Change certain fees and surcharges under the Livestock Brand Act |
SELECT FILE: 2026 COMMITTEE PRIORITY BILL
| Document | Introducer | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB867 |
Health and Human Services Committee | Change provisions relating to special needs trusts, fingerprints under the Uniform Credentialing Act, child care grants, the Title IV-D Division Customer Service Unit, eligibility for young adults in the bridge to independence program, licensed and self-funded insurers under the Medical Assistance Act, medicaid nursing facility rates, assistance to aged, blind, or disabled persons, and the state Commodity Supplemental Food program; provide for a money follows the person program for medicaid benefits, a youth afterschool eligibility letter for child care employment, use of wholesale drug distributor license fees for the prescription drug monitoring program, and maintenance of epinephrine by certain schools; change provisions of and rename the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Support Act , the Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementia Advisory Council, the State Advisory Committee on Mental Health, the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Director of Developmental Disabilities; and eliminate provisions relating to divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care Advisory Committee on Aging, the Maternal and Child Health and Public Health Work Fund, and an obsolete Nurse Licensure Compact |
SELECT FILE: 2026 SPEAKER PRIORITY BILLS
| Document | Introducer | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB905 |
Arch | Change and eliminate provisions relating to boards, commissions, committees, task forces, and funds that terminate |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB781 |
Ballard | Adopt updates to federal law relating to motor vehicles and motor carriers and change civil penalties against certain motor carriers |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB955 |
Hardin | Provide for practice agreements between pharmacists and physician assistants |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1029 |
Conrad | Redefine terms relating to reportable funding from a foreign adversarial source for colleges and universities |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB764 |
Holdcroft | Provide for certain Department of Correctional Services employees to be law enforcement officers |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1057 |
Ballard | Redefine adult day service under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB852 |
Spivey | Provide for the recapture of funding distributed from the Convention Center Support Fund to certain recipients |
SELECT FILE: 2026 SENATOR PRIORITY BILLS
| Document | Introducer | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB455 |
Hallstrom | Change provisions of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act relating to injury reports and workers' compensation insurance policies and deductibles |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB889 |
Clouse | Change a penalty in the State Electrical Act |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1261 |
DeKay, at the request of the Governor | Prohibit the use of eminent domain to acquire certain privately owned electric generation facilities |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1261A |
DeKay | Appropriation Bill |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB525 |
Jacobson, at the request of the Governor | Adopt the Agricultural Data Privacy Act and the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Safety Act |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB525A |
Jacobson | Appropriation Bill |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1212 |
Riepe | Provide for licensure of internationally trained physicians under the Uniform Credentialing Act |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB815 |
Brandt | Provide for a tax on diesel fuels, change provisions relating to refunds for motor fuel taxes, the petroleum release remedial action fee, and the Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement and Collection Cash Fund, change and eliminate provisions of the Ethanol Development Act, and eliminate the Ethanol Production Incentive Cash Fund |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1091 |
Bostar | Provide requirements for the Department of Health and Human Services for long-term care clients with special needs under the medical assistance program |
SELECT FILE: 2026 COMMITTEE PRIORITY BILLS
| Document | Introducer | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1126 |
Moser | Adopt the Infrastructure Development Investment Program Act and change and eliminate provisions relating to the Rural Road Improvement District Act, the Political Subdivisions Construction Alternatives Act, the Transportation Innovation Act, the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, the Nebraska Rules of the Road, and intrastate medicaid nonemergency medical transportation services |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1135 |
Urban Affairs Committee | Adopt the Service Contract Reporting Act authorize municipalities to contract regarding parking facilities, and change provisions of the Community Development Law, the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act, and the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1114 |
Urban Affairs Committee | Adopt the Community Improvement District Act, authorize community improvement districts to levy property taxes, and change provisions related to the Community Development Law, the Municipal Inland Port Authority Act, extraterritorial jurisdiction, sanitary and improvement districts, housing authorities, housing agencies, the Nebraska Housing Agency Act, and the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB921 |
Ibach | Adopt the Nebraska Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the Health Care Staffing Agency Registration Act and change provisions of the Employment Security Law, the In the Line of Duty Compensation Act, the Non-English-Speaking Workers Protection Act, and the State Miscellaneous Claims Act |
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB1075 |
Sanders | Provide for a database of county and municipal financial information and requirements for village warrants and vacancies in a village board, change provisions of the Election Act, the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act, and the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, and eliminate provisions relating to initiative and referendum petitions |
No Later Than 6:00 P.M. -- SELECT FILE: 2026 COMMITTEE PRIORITY BILL
| Document | Introducer | Description |
|---|---|---|
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Currently or Pending on Floor LB935 |
Bosn | Provide for court docket fees and software fees and create a fund; change provisions relating to incentives for rural legal practice, protection orders, hearsay, support order liens, and paternity proceedings; provide for no-contact periods for victims of certain assaults and civil actions for conduct relating to obscene or child sexual abuse material or child exploitation devices; provide for and change offenses involving mobile tracking devices, stalking, unlawful intrusion, operation of unmanned aircraft systems, and swatting; and eliminate a presumption of probation for certain felonies |
RETURN TO ABOVE AGENDA AT LOCATION LEFT AT 5:30 P.M.
- Messages on the President's Desk
- Adjourn until Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.