Nebraska Legislature - Lobbyist Reporting Application

Clerk of the Legislature

Room 2014 State Capitol

PO Box 94604

Lincoln, NE 68509

(402) 471-2608

NEBRASKA LOBBYIST
STATEMENT of ACTIVITY

NADC FORM D

Submission Date: Jun 23, 2025

Each registered lobbyist shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of a regular session of the Legislature. The statement must be filed even if the lobbyist engaged in no activity.
Any registered lobbyist who engages in lobbying activity in connection with a special session of the Legislature shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of the special session. Late filing fees are $25.00 per day, not to exceed $750.00.
Lobbyists having more than one principal shall file a separate report for each principal.

ITEM 1

NATURE OF FILING (Check appropriate box)

For Calendar Year of

2025

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Wittstruck, Courtney

Phone

(402) 471-4685

Address

1320 Lincoln Mall, Suite 9

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Nebraska Community College Association

Office Phone

(402) 471-4685

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

1320 Lincoln Mall, Suite 9

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

List all the legislation upon which the lobbyist acted on behalf of the principal including bills, resolutions, amendments and procedural matters. Identify by number of bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter and state the position taken. This statement should include a list of amendments or procedural matters which the lobbyist has acted upon for the principal, even if the lobbyist has not acted upon the bill or resolution from which the amendment or procedural matter arises.

Identify bill or resolution number	Identify amendment or procedural matter	Describe bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter	Position taken
LB11		Appropriate funds for the Nebraska Statewide Workforce and Education Reporting System Act	Support
LB29		Create a review process for agency rules and regulations	Neutral
LB35		Change provisions relating to the requirements for certain exemptions for privately developed renewable energy generation facilities	Neutral
LB43		Change provisions relating to notice and certification requirements for electric generation facilities, transmission lines, and privately developed renewable energy generation facilities located near military installations	Neutral
LB50		Change provisions relating to the distribution of the nameplate capacity tax	Support
LB81		Define a term and change tax credit provisions under the Nebraska Property Tax Incentive Act	Neutral
LB94		Adopt the Digital Skills Empowerment Act and change the use of the Workforce Development Program Cash Fund	Neutral
LB123		Change provisions relating to withholding money due to noncompliance with budget limits, property tax request authority, and annual audits for certain political subdivisions	Neutral
LB130		Change provisions relating to General Fund net receipts and transfers to the Cash Reserve Fund	Neutral
LB135		Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to elections for certain purposes related to bonds and tax levies	Neutral
LB169		Eliminate certain sales and use tax exemptions and impose sales and use tax on certain services	Neutral
LB170		Eliminate the sales tax exemptions for candy and soft drinks	Neutral
LB171		Change provisions relating to individual and corporate income tax rates	Neutral
LB173		Appropriate funds for aid to community colleges and state intent	Support
LB211		Change provisions relating to the calculation of property tax request authority under the Property Tax Growth Limitation Act	Neutral
LB240		Change certain notice provisions under the Community Development Law	Neutral
LB242		Change the Property Tax Growth Limitation Act and the School District Property Tax Relief Act and change provisions relating to budget limitations, municipal occupation taxes, and property tax statements	Neutral
LB260		Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to appropriations	Neutral
LB261	AM832	Appropriate funds for the expenses of Nebraska State Government for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, and appropriate Federal Funds allocated to the State of Nebraska pursuant to the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021	Support
LB264		Provide, change, and eliminate transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and various other funds and change, terminate, and eliminate various statutory programs	Oppose
LB306	AM1575	Change provisions relating to admission to elementary and secondary schools, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, the Nebraska Career Scholarship Act, the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education Act, and the Door to College Scholarship Act and require a database of financial information regarding school districts and reporting regarding funding from foreign adversarial sources	Support
LB307		State intent regarding appropriations for tuition waivers	Support
LB331		Adopt the Nebraska EPIC Option Consumption Tax Act and terminate tax provisions	Neutral
LB346		Provide for termination of boards, commissions, committees, councils, funds, groups, panels, and task forces and change and eliminate funds and powers and duties of departments and agencies	Neutral
LB363		Adopt the Apprenticeship Grant Act	Support
LB384		Require a majority of the elected members of the governing bodies of participating political subdivisions to attend joint public hearings under the Property Tax Request Act	Oppose
LB389		Eliminate the levy authority of educational service units and provide state funding to educational service units	Neutral
LB392		Appropriate funds for the Legislative Council	Neutral
LB393		Eliminate obsolete transfers relating to the Cash Reserve Fund	Neutral
LB417		Provide for administration of the Nebraska Promise Program by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, adopt the College Promise Act, and change provisions relating to the Quality Education Accountability Act	Support
LB423		Eliminate a grant program relating to internships for job training	Neutral
LB426		Authorize an American flag education program and change provisions relating to the distribution of lottery funds used for education	Neutral
LB439		Adopt the Property Tax Circuit Breaker Act	Neutral
LB468		Change provisions relating to inheritance taxes, change certain fee and tax provisions, and eliminate a sales tax exemption relating to data centers	Neutral
LB479		Change the distribution of sales and use tax revenue	Neutral
LB484		Redefine agricultural land and horticultural land for property tax assessment	Neutral
LB494		Change provisions relating to the School District Property Tax Relief Act and transfers of General Fund net receipts to the Cash Reserve Fund and the School District Property Tax Relief Credit Fund	Neutral
LB495		Change provisions relating to community colleges under the Property Tax Request Act	Support
LB500		Create the School Financing Review Commission	Neutral
LB501		Change provisions relating to the assessment of real property that suffers significant property damage	Neutral
LB503		Authorize the designation of American energy friendly counties and change provisions relating to privately developed renewable energy generation facilities and the nameplate capacity tax	Neutral
LB551		Prohibit tenure at certain postsecondary educational institutions and require a written policy regarding terms and conditions of employment	Oppose
LB552		Prohibit public postsecondary educational institutions from having a diversity, equity, and inclusion office and taking certain actions relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion	Oppose
LB564		Change provisions relating to fund transfers to the School District Property Tax Relief Credit Fund and the amount of tax relief granted under the School District Property Tax Relief Act	Neutral
LB575		Change provisions relating to the Property Tax Request Act and property tax levy limits	Neutral
LB623		State intent regarding appropriations	Neutral
LB645		Change provisions relating to school retirement systems and the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement System	Neutral
LB647		Adopt the Recreational Trail Easement Property Tax Exemption Act and the Adoption Tax Credit Act and change provisions relating to budget limitations, property tax request authority, municipal occupation taxes, real property assessments, the Property Tax Request Act, income tax credits, taxation of business entities, the School District Property Tax Relief Act, and the Nebraska educational savings plan trust	Neutral
LB648		Change the sales and use tax rate	Neutral
LB649		Adopt the Defense Efforts Workforce Act	Neutral
LB650	AM923	Adopt the Community Development Assistance Act and change provisions relating to land banks, property tax exemptions, real property sold for delinquent taxes, sales tax provisions, and certain tax credits	Support
LB650	AM923	Adopt the Community Development Assistance Act and change provisions relating to land banks, property tax exemptions, real property sold for delinquent taxes, sales tax provisions, and certain tax credits	Support
LB662		Provide for a federal funding inventory from each state agency and restrict maintenance-of-effort requirements	Neutral
LB673		Change provisions relating to the Perkins County Canal Project and provide for a transfer from the Perkins County Canal Project Fund	Neutral
LB674		Change provisions relating to the Perkins County Canal Project and provide for transfers from the Perkins County Canal Project Fund	Neutral
LB675		Provide requirements for the purchase, lease, sale, or exchange of school lands located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation	Neutral
LB681		Change provisions relating to the definition of graduate degree program	Neutral
LB683		Change provisions relating to duties of county assessors regarding notification of real property assessments and eliminate and change provisions of the Property Tax Request Act	Neutral
LB692		Change provisions relating to property tax request authority under the School District Property Tax Limitation Act	Neutral
LB708		Change boundaries of certain community college areas	Oppose
LB712		Change the tax on sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems	Neutral
LR10CA		Constitutional amendment to require the state to impose a consumption tax or an excise tax on all new goods and services and to provide a tax exemption for grocery items	Neutral
LR11CA		Constitutional amendment to prohibit governmental entities from imposing any taxes other than retail consumption taxes and excise taxes	Neutral
LR12CA		Constitutional amendment to impose a limit on ad valorem taxes for real property, provide a new method of valuing real property for tax purposes, provide certain exceptions, and eliminate conflicting constitutional provisions	Neutral
LR16CA		Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to reimburse political subdivisions	Neutral
LR18CA		Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to reimburse political subdivisions	Neutral
LR18CA		Constitutional amendment to require the Legislature to reimburse political subdivisions	Neutral

I certify that all information presented in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Courtney C. Wittstruck

Lobbyist Name

Jun 23, 2025

Date