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: Jul 9, 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

Edwards Westerhold Moore

Phone

(402) 476-1440

Address

1233 Lincoln Mall, Suite 201

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

Metropolitan Utilities District

Office Phone

(402) 504-7125

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

7350 World Communications Drive

City

Omaha

State

Zip

68122

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	Describe bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter	Position taken
LB12	Change the statute of limitations on certain civil actions for sexual assault of a child	Neutral
LB29	Create a review process for agency rules and regulations	Neutral
LB36	Adopt the Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Act, provide for the Home Weatherization Clearinghouse and for mitigation of incidental taking of threatened or endangered species habitat, change provisions relating to the Water Recreation Enhancement Act, ground water allocation, and permits and stamps issued by the Game and Parks Commission, and create the Research Excellence Cash Fund	Neutral
LB86	Appropriate funds to the Department of Natural Resources	Neutral
LB91	Change provisions relating to the conveyance of electric distribution systems by public power districts or public power and irrigation districts to cities or villages	Neutral
LB117	Provide a sales and use tax exemption for electricity, natural gas, propane, and sewer utilities	Support
LB129	Prohibit restrictions on the provision of certain energy services	Neutral
LB145	Require the Director of Agriculture to administer a grant program relating to noxious weeds and restate intent regarding appropriations for vegetation management	Neutral
LB147	Change provisions relating to approval and regulation of adding fluoride to the water supply of certain political subdivisions	Neutral
LB163	Create the Office of Climate Action	Neutral
LB180	Change requirements for public lettings and biddings and provide an exception for the Department of Natural Resources under the State Procurement Act	Neutral
LB189	Adopt the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act	Neutral
LB191	Change provisions relating to unlawful interference with telecommunications under the One-Call Notification System Act	Neutral
LB204	Adopt the Biometric Autonomy Liberty Law	Neutral
LB207	Provide a registration fee under the Motor Vehicle Registration Act for certain commercially registered alternative fuel vehicles	Neutral
LB215	Require the establishment of a program to provide second chance relief for eligible committed offenders	Neutral
LB221	Provide a procedure to fill unfilled gubernatorial appointments	Neutral
LB226	Provide for setting aside convictions and expunging records for convictions and adjudications for concealed weapon offenses, provide a private cause of action for violations of the Security, Privacy, and Dissemination of Criminal History Information Act, waive sovereign immunity, and provide for retroactivity	Neutral
LB251	Adopt changes to federal law regarding banking and finance and change provisions regarding loan limits, branch banking, failing financial institutions, credit unions, surety bonds, and interest rates for damages payable to irrigation districts	Neutral
LB258	Change provisions relating to the minimum wage under the Wage and Hour Act	Neutral
LB260	Provide, change, and eliminate provisions relating to appropriations	Neutral
LB261	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	Neutral
LB264	Provide, change, and eliminate transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and various other funds and change, terminate, and eliminate various statutory programs	Oppose
LB288	Change provisions of the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act, the Community Development Law, the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act, and the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act	Neutral
LB311	Adopt the Telecommunications Exchange Deregulation Act, restrict actions of governmental actors relating to telecommunications, and change provisions relating to regulation of telecommunications	Neutral
LB317	Merge the Department of Natural Resources with the Department of Environment and Energy and change the name to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, create the position of Chief Water Officer, and provide, change, and eliminate powers and duties relating to water, conservation, state game refuges, and low-level radioactive waste disposal	Neutral
LB331	Adopt the Nebraska EPIC Option Consumption Tax Act and terminate tax provisions	Neutral
LB344	Change provisions relating to ground water allocation	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
LB349	Change provisions relating to applications, notices, filings, exemptions, and violations regarding the construction or acquisition of certain electric energy storage resources by electric suppliers	Neutral
LB403	Create the Office of Grants and provide duties	Neutral
LB413	Change provisions relating to the setting of rates by certain power districts	Neutral
LB450	Change provisions relating to the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act	Neutral
LB458	Change provisions relating to tax sale certificates, real property sold for delinquent taxes, certain tax-related foreclosure actions, and land banks and adopt the Permitting Approval Timeliness Act and the By-Right Housing Development Act	Neutral
LB459	Establish the Home Weatherization Clearinghouse within the Department of Environment and Energy	Neutral
LB471	Prohibit certain restrictions by state agencies, state entities, counties, cities, and villages relating to the energy source of motor vehicles and prohibit certain actions of the Department of Environment and Energy related to vehicle emission standards	Neutral
LB477	Change provisions of the Workplace Privacy Act	Neutral
LB480	Change provisions relating to the Water Recreation Enhancement Act	Neutral
LB493	Adopt the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act and eliminate provisions relating to actions involving public petition and participation	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
LB542	Change and eliminate payment provisions for road construction costs relating to utility facilities	Support
LB546	Change provisions relating to proclamations for disasters, emergencies, and civil defense emergencies made by the Governor	Support
LB548	Provide for political subdivisions that own or operate natural gas systems to contract with industrial consumers of natural gas	Neutral
LB580	Appropriate funds to the Department of Environment and Energy	Support
LB650	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	Neutral
LB660	Adopt the State Building Construction Alternatives Act and the Secure Drone Purchasing Act, require agencies to submit a federal funding inventory, and change provisions relating to agency rules and regulations, state buildings, and works of art for state buildings	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
LR13CA	Constitutional amendment to prohibit the levying of an inheritance tax	Neutral
LR15CA	Constitutional amendment to prohibit the death penalty	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
LR22CA	Constitutional amendment to provide the right to a clean and healthy natural environment and that the state and political subdivisions serve as trustee of the natural resources of Nebraska	Neutral
LR24CA	Constitutional amendment to provide for selection of presidential electors	Neutral
LR25CA	Constitutional amendment to change the compensation of members of the Legislature and provide for health insurance	Neutral
LR27CA	Constitutional amendment to change legislative term limits to three consecutive terms	Neutral

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

Edwards Westerhold Moore

Lobbyist Name

Jul 9, 2025

Date