NEBRASKA LOBBYIST
STATEMENT of ACTIVITY

 

 
NADC FORM D
 
  • 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)

2025

ITEM 2
NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL
LOBBYIST

Edwards Westerhold Moore  

(402) 476-1440 

1233 Lincoln Mall, Suite 201 

Lincoln 

NE 

68508 

PRINCIPAL

Nebraska State College System  

(402) 471-2505 

1327 H Street, Suite 200 

Lincoln 

NE 

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
LB34    Provide for year-round daylight saving time  Neutral
LB50    Change provisions relating to the distribution of the nameplate capacity tax  Neutral
LB84    Adopt the School Psychologist Interstate Licensure Compact  Neutral
LB89    Adopt the Stand With Women Act  Neutral
LB100    Adopt the Business Innovation and Startup Act  Neutral
LB119    Provide requirements for the Rural Health Opportunity Program and provide tuition waivers   Neutral
LB131    Include elementary and secondary schools in the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and change tax benefits  Neutral
LB144    Change provisions relating to veterans preferences for employment  Neutral
LB163    Create the Office of Climate Action  Neutral
LB173    Appropriate funds for aid to community colleges and state intent  Neutral
LB189    Adopt the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act  Neutral
LB204    Adopt the Biometric Autonomy Liberty Law  Neutral
LB213    Require the State Board of Education to adopt academic content standards on human embryology under the science education standards   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
LB224    Require paid maternity leave for state employees  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
LB228    Change provisions of the Legislative Performance Audit Act  Neutral
LB241    Provide immunity from liability for cybersecurity events  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
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  Support
LB264    Provide, change, and eliminate transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and various other funds and change, terminate, and eliminate various statutory programs  Neutral
LB295    Change provisions relating to the County Employees Retirement Act, the Judges Retirement Act, the Nebraska State Patrol Retirement Act, the School Employees Retirement Act, the State Employees Retirement Act, the Spousal Pension Rights Act, and the Public Employees Retirement Board  Neutral
LB306    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
LB332    Provide for assistant funeral directors, change scope of practice and regulatory provisions regarding funeral directing and embalming, hearing instrument specialists, and audiologists, change membership provisions for the Board of Pharmacy, change provisions regarding delegated dispensing permits and prescription refills, provide medicaid coverage for psychology services, and establish the Rural Health Opportunity Program  Neutral
LB335    Redefine child under the In the Line of Duty Dependent Education Act   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
LB352    Change provisions relating to reports on student achievement and discipline required under the Quality Education Accountability Act  Neutral
LB353    Allow public school employees to join or terminate membership in a labor organization  Neutral
LB363    Adopt the Apprenticeship Grant Act  Neutral
LB370    Change provisions of the Nebraska Student-Athlete Name, Image, or Likeness Rights Act  Neutral
LB378    Require that each public or private two-year or four-year college or university provide a report to the Attorney General relating to certain funding from a foreign source  Neutral
LB389    Eliminate the levy authority of educational service units and provide state funding to educational service units  Neutral
LB403    Create the Office of Grants and provide duties  Neutral
LB408    Adopt the Special Education Teacher Forgivable Loan Program Act  Neutral
LB411    Change provisions relating to the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act  Neutral
LB415    Change provisions of the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act and the Conveyance Safety Act and provide for offset of debt owed due to the overpayment of unemployment benefits under the Employment Security Law against gambling winnings under the Gambling Winnings Setoff for Outstanding Debt Act and against future benefits under the Employment Security Law  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   Neutral
LB423    Eliminate a grant program relating to internships for job training  Neutral
LB433    Exempt deputy directors and agency attorneys from the State Personnel System and change membership provisions under the State Employees Retirement Act  Neutral
LB434    Change fees for fireworks display permits, fireworks sales licenses, fire alarm inspector certification, late submittal of remodel or construction plans, fire safety inspections, fire protection system contractor certificates, heating oil tank registration, and underground storage tank installation permits and registration  Neutral
LB440    Adopt the Education Leave and Support Act  Neutral
LB441    Authorize virtual inspections for certain building permits and require certain inspection records be made available to the public under the Building Construction Act  Neutral
LB445    Adopt the State Building Construction Alternatives Act and change and eliminate provisions regarding planning, bidding, construction, and procurement of art for state buildings  Neutral
LB460    Create the Nebraska Council on Economic Education Cash Fund and provide for a transfer from the State Settlement Cash Fund  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
LB472    Adopt the Regulatory Management Act  Neutral
LB493    Adopt the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act and eliminate provisions relating to actions involving public petition and participation  Neutral
LB500    Create the School Financing Review Commission  Neutral
LB523    Adopt the Student Teacher Compensation Act  Neutral
LB524    Authorize paraeducator grants under the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act and change eligible uses of the Education Future Fund  Neutral
LB538    Require school boards and postsecondary educational institutions to adopt a policy and provide training relating to discrimination and antisemitism and provide for Title VI coordinators  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
LB570    Provide for scholarships for nursing students  Neutral
LB572    Authorize a school district to exceed its budget authority for stipends paid to a student teacher and change the applicability of the School District Property Tax Limitation Act  Neutral
LB595    Create the Research Excellence Cash Fund  Neutral
LB608    Change insurance provisions relating to firefighters and include correctional officers, youth detention officers, certain disabled persons, and their children in the First Responder Recruitment and Retention Act  Neutral
LB611    Adopt updates to building and energy codes  Neutral
LB627    Provide for a capital construction project for the University of Nebraska  Neutral
LB644    Adopt the Foreign Adversary and Terrorist Agent Registration Act and the Crush Transnational Repression in Nebraska Act, provide requirements under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act for conduct relating to certain foreign entities, change provisions of the Foreign Adversary Contracting Prohibition Act, and regulate storage and remote access of genetic sequencing data  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
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
LB661    Change provisions relating to the duties of the Nebraska Investment Council, the state investment officer, and the State Treasurer  Neutral
LB662    Provide for a federal funding inventory from each state agency and restrict maintenance-of-effort requirements  Neutral
LB671    Change and eliminate provisions relating to reports regarding the enrollment option program, programs for expelled students, educator evaluations, information related to dyslexia, the Nebraska Teacher Apprenticeship Program, high-need retention grants, property tax request documentation, and the College Pathway Program and eliminate obsolete provisions and provisions relating to the Junior Mathematics Prognosis Examination  Neutral
LB678    State intent regarding appropriations to the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges  Support
LB681    Change provisions relating to the definition of graduate degree program  Neutral
LB708    Change boundaries of certain community college areas   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
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

Edwards Westerhold Moore

Lobbyist Name

Jul 14, 2025

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