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

Nebraska Funeral Directors Association

Office Phone

(402) 423-8900

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

521 1st Street

City

Milford

State

Zip

68405

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
LB56	Require medical facilities and mortuaries to comply with requests for blood draws relating to certain deceased persons	Oppose
LB85	Change requirements for collection of personal property of decedents' estates by affidavit	Neutral
LB189	Adopt the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act	Neutral
LB204	Adopt the Biometric Autonomy Liberty Law	Neutral
LB215	Require the establishment of a program to provide second chance relief for eligible committed offenders	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
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	Neutral
LB264	Provide, change, and eliminate transfers from the Cash Reserve Fund and various other funds and change, terminate, and eliminate various statutory programs	Neutral
LB302	Eliminate daylight saving time	Neutral
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	Support
LB418	Allow a nonlicensed funeral director and embalmer to officiate at a funeral ceremony	Neutral
LB436	Change provisions of the Nebraska Regulation of Health Professions Act	Neutral
LB446	Change provisions relating to release of health data and statistical research information	Neutral
LB554	Create the Nebraska Health Professions Commission	Neutral
LB555	Provide for assistant funeral directors under the Funeral Directing and Embalming Practice Act	Support
LB632	Require a health care facility to dispose of the remains of aborted unborn children	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
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

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